Country Soviet Union Number of tests 24 | Period 1987 | |
Test site Aktobe, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Perm, Russia; Sakha, Russia Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1987 nuclear test series was a group of 24 nuclear tests conducted in 1987. These tests followed the 1985 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1988 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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