Country Soviet Union Number of tests 24 | Period 1980 | |
Test site Astrakhan, Russia; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Bashkortostan, Russia; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Khanty-Mansi, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sary-Uzen/Murzhik, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 200 kilotonnes of TNT (840 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1980 nuclear test series was a group of 24 nuclear tests conducted in 1980. These tests followed the 1979 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1981 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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