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1967 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
17

Period
  
1967

Test site
  
Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Tyumen, Russia

Test type
  
underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
260 kilotonnes of TNT (1,100 TJ)

The Soviet Union's 1967 nuclear test series was a group of 17 nuclear tests conducted in 1967. These tests followed the 1966 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1968 Soviet nuclear tests series.

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1967 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia