Country Soviet Union Number of tests 3 | Period 1949-1951 Test type air drop, tower | |
Test site Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Max. yield 42 kilotonnes of TNT (180 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1949-1951 nuclear test series was a group of 3 nuclear tests conducted in 1949-1951. These tests preceded the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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1949–51 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA