Country Soviet Union Number of tests 27 | Period 1983 | |
Test site Astrakhan, Russia; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Western Kazakhstan Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1983 nuclear test series was a group of 27 nuclear tests conducted in 1983. These tests followed the 1982 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1984 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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