Country Soviet Union Number of tests 20 | Period 1982 | |
Test site Astrakhan, Russia; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Irkutsk, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Sakha, Russia; Yamalo-Nenets, Russia Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 880 kilotonnes of TNT (3,700 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1982 nuclear test series was a group of 20 nuclear tests conducted in 1982. These tests followed the 1981 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1983 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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