The Rainbow Warrior Bombing: In 1985, the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, Rainbow Warrior, was sunk by two explosions in Auckland, New Zealand. The ship was preparing for a voyage to protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. It was later revealed that the French foreign intelligence services had carried out the bombing, an operation code-named Operation Satanic. The French government initially denied involvement but was eventually forced to admit its role in the bombing after significant investigative work by New Zealand authorities and the press. The incident caused a major international scandal and led to the resignation of the French Defence Minister and the severing of French/New Zealand military ties. @CosmicConsciousness