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1975 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
19

Period
  
1975

Test site
  
Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia

Test type
  
underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
1.3 megatonnes of TNT (5.4 PJ)

The Soviet Union's 1975 nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1975. These tests followed the 1974 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1976 Soviet nuclear tests series.

References

1975 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia


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