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The Soviet Union's 1984 nuclear test series [1] was a group of 29 nuclear tests conducted in 1984. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the 1983 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1985 Soviet nuclear tests series.
The worst effects of a Soviet high altitude test were from the electromagnetic pulse of the nuclear test on 22 October 1962 (during the Cuban Missile Crisis).In that Operation K high altitude test, a 300 kiloton missile-warhead detonated west of Jezkazgan (also called Dzhezkazgan or Zhezqazghan) at an altitude of 290 km (180 mi).
Hardtack Teak, 1958 Frame of the Starfish Prime nuclear test. High-altitude nuclear explosions are the result of nuclear weapons testing within the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere and in outer space. Several such tests were performed at high altitudes by the United States and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1962.
The Soviet Union's 1949–1951 nuclear test series was a group of 3 nuclear tests conducted in 1949–1951. These tests preceded the 1953 Soviet nuclear tests series. Soviet Union's 1949–1951 series tests and detonations
The Soviet Union's 1985 nuclear test series [1] was a group of 10 nuclear tests conducted in 1985. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the 1984 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1987 Soviet nuclear tests series.
The operation was commanded by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov and initiated by the Soviet Ministry of Defense. [8] At 9:33 a.m. on 14 September 1954, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber dropped a 40- kilotonne (170 TJ) [ 3 ] atomic weapon—an RDS-4 bomb, which had been previously tested in 1951 at the Semipalatinsk Test Site [ 3 ] [ 9 ] —from ...
Russia has reopened a Soviet-era laboratory to test weapons in extreme Arctic conditions, the military-industrial company which will run the facility said on Thursday, amid a push by the Kremlin ...
The Soviet Union's 1990 nuclear test series [1] was a group of 2 nuclear tests conducted in 1990–1991. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the 1989 Soviet nuclear tests series . Soviet Union's 1990 series tests and detonations