Country Soviet Union Number of tests 19 | Period 1969 | |
Test site Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Mangystau, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Perm, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Stavropol, Russia Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 540 kilotonnes of TNT (2,300 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1969 nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1969. These tests followed the 1968 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1970 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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