Country Soviet Union Number of tests 24 | Period 1977 | |
Test site Atyrau, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Irkutsk, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Zabaykalsky (then Chita), Russia Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 120 kilotonnes of TNT (500 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1977 nuclear test series was a group of 24 nuclear tests conducted in 1977. These tests followed the 1976 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1978 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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