Country Soviet Union Number of tests 16 | Period 1988 | |
Test site Arkhangelsk, Russia; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Yamalo-Nenets, Russia Test type underground shaft, underground tunnel Max. yield 150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ) | ||
The Soviet Union's 1988 nuclear test series was a group of 16 nuclear tests conducted in 1988. These tests followed the 1987 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1989 Soviet nuclear tests series.
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