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The Soviet Union's 1954 nuclear test series was a group of 10
nuclear test Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to signal strength. Bec ...
s conducted in 1954. These tests followed the ''
1953 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1953 nuclear test series was a group of 5 nuclear test Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive ...
'' series and preceded the '' 1955 Soviet nuclear tests'' series.


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