the rainbow warrior incident caused and outrage in nz and nz's anti nucleur stance was revitalised
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened in 1985.
Just before midnight on 10 July 1985, underwater charges which had been placed by frogmen on the hull of the Rainbow Warrior, exploded, sinking the vessel while it was in Auckland Harbour.
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior was codenamed Operation Satanique by the French foreign intelligence services. The French government denied involvement because New Zealand was an ally and it was a public relations disaster.
The rainbow warrior was bombed by the french.
The Rainbow Warrior was the flagship of the conservationist organisation Greenpeace.
The Rainbow Warrior was bombed in July 1985.
The Greenpeace flagship, the 'Rainbow Warrior', was named after a North American Indian legend.
French agents managed to sink the Rainbow Warrior by posing as supporters of their cause. They were able to gain access to the Rainbow Warrior, while on board they planted two mines. When the agents were off the Rainbow Warrior, they detonated the mines.
Over the years, Jeff was called "Wonder Boy", "The Kid" and "The Rainbow Warrior".
Warrior's it was Rainbow Warrior's in the past but is now just the Warrior's
The Rainbow Warrior - 1993 TV is rated/received certificates of: Iceland:L
On July 10, 1985, the French intellegence service DGSE sank the Rainbow Warrior in an operation that was designed to be 'discovered'.