The Soviet Union's 1949–1951 nuclear test series was a group of 3

nuclear test Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detonations are affected by ...

s conducted in 1949–1951. These tests preceded the ''

1953 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1953 nuclear test series was a group of 5 nuclear tests conducted in 1953. These tests followed the ''1949-51 Soviet nuclear tests'' series and preceded the ''1954 Soviet nuclear tests'' series. References {{reflist, refs= ...

'' series.

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