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1965 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
14

Period
  
1965

Test site
  
Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Bashkortostan, Russia; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan

Test type
  
cratering, underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
140 kilotonnes of TNT (590 TJ)

The Soviet Union's 1965 nuclear test series was a group of 14 nuclear tests conducted in 1965. These tests followed the 1964 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1966 Soviet nuclear tests series.

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1965 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia


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