Country Soviet Union Number of tests 16 | Period 1957 | |
Test site Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Western Kazakhstan Test type air drop, high alt rocket (30–80 km), tower, underwater Max. yield 2.9 megatonnes of TNT (12 PJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1957 nuclear test series was a group of 16 nuclear tests conducted in 1957. These tests followed the 1956 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1958 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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