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The Soviet Union's 1961 nuclear test series was a group of 57
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 1961. These tests followed the ''
1958 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1958 nuclear test series was a group of 36 nuclear tests conducted in 1958. These tests followed the '' 1957 Soviet nuclear tests'' series and preceded the '' 1961 Soviet nuclear tests'' series. References {{reflist, refs ...
'' series and preceded the '' Soviet Project K nuclear tests'' series.


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