Country Soviet Union Number of tests 57 | Period 1961 | |
Test site Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia Test type air drop, atmospheric, barge, cruise missile, dry surface, high alt rocket (30–80 km), parachuted, underground tunnel, underwater Max. yield 50 megatonnes of TNT (210 PJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1961 nuclear test series was a group of 57 nuclear tests conducted in 1961. These tests followed the 1958 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the Soviet Project K nuclear tests series.
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