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1968 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
17

Period
  
1968

Test site
  
Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Kashkadarya, Uzbekistan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Semipalatinsk Test Site

Test type
  
cratering, underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
165 kilotonnes of TNT (690 TJ)

The Soviet Union's 1968 nuclear test series was a group of 17 nuclear tests conducted in 1968. These tests followed the 1967 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1969 Soviet nuclear tests series.

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1968 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia