Country Soviet Union Number of tests 18 | Period 1966 | |
Test site Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Bukhara, Uzbekistan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 700 kilotonnes of TNT (2,900 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1966 nuclear test series was a group of 18 nuclear tests conducted in 1966. These tests followed the 1965 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1967 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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