Country Soviet Union Number of tests 5 | Period 1953 Test type air drop, tower | |
Test site Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Max. yield 400 kilotonnes of TNT (1,700 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1953 nuclear test series was a group of 5 nuclear tests conducted in 1953. These tests followed the 1949-51 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1954 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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