The Rainbow Warrior was sunk 32 years ago today.
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was caused by nuclear testing in the Pacific, New Zealand opposing to nuclear testing in the pacific, New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy and the anti-nuclear protests of Greenpeace. These events caused the French to bomb the Rainbow Warrior in 1985.Event: The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. Causes of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior. There were many causes of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985. In August 1 945 the US used the atomic bomb for the first time against Japan by bombing the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. This caused the war to end, however after the war.Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An extremely long-term cause of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was the use of nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, In August, 1945.
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was France's public demonstration of its opposition to Greenpeace and that organisation's opposition to the French nuclear testing programme in the Pacific. The explosions heard on 10 July 1985 at Auckland Harbour were met with astonishment. Many were shocked when the news broke that behind the explosions were.The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior is a significant event in history, as the events that happened prior to and after the event helped to secure New Zealand’s standing as an Independent Pacific Nation, it eventually led to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, whomever signed agreed to not test nuclear weapons, and it also brought New Zealanders together under one belief to stop nuclear testing.
Nuclear-free New Zealand. The sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland in July 1985 shocked the nation. The incident galvanised an anti-nuclear movement that had emerged in opposition to both French nuclear tests at Mururoa and American warship visits to New Zealand.
