Country Soviet Union Number of tests 17 | Period 1973 | |
Test site Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Bashkortostan, Russia; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Karagandy, Kazakhstan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Orenburg, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; South Kazakhstan Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 4 megatonnes of TNT (17 PJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1973 nuclear test series was a group of 17 nuclear tests conducted in 1973. These tests followed the 1972 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1974 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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