Country Soviet Union Number of tests 7 | Period 1955 | |
Test site Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia Test type air drop, dry surface, underwater Max. yield 1.6 megatonnes of TNT (6.7 PJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1955 nuclear test series was a group of 7 nuclear tests conducted in 1955. These tests followed the 1954 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1956 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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