1989 Soviet nuclear tests

1989
Information
CountrySoviet Union
Test siteBalapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
Period1989
Number of tests7
Test typeunderground shaft, tunnel
Max. yield118 kilotonnes of TNT (490 TJ)
Test series chronology

The Soviet Union's 1989 nuclear test series was a group of 7 nuclear tests conducted in 1989. These tests followed the 1988 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1990 Soviet nuclear tests series.