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1984 Soviet nuclear tests

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Country
  
Soviet Union

Number of tests
  
29

Period
  
1984

Test site
  
Astrakhan, Russia; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Kemerovo, Russia; Khanty-Mansi, Russia; Komi, Russia; Murmansk, Russia; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Perm, Russia; Western Kazakhstan

Test type
  
underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ)

The Soviet Union's 1984 nuclear test series was a group of 29 nuclear tests conducted in 1984. These tests followed the 1983 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1985 Soviet nuclear tests series.

References

1984 Soviet nuclear tests Wikipedia