1957 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union May 2026 1957 Soviet Union Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Western Kazakhstan 1957 16 air drop, high alt rocket (30–80 km), tower, underwater 2.9 MtTNT in 1956 Soviet nuclear tests 1958 Soviet nuclear tests 1957 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1957 nuclear test series was a group of 16 nuclear tests conducted in 1957. These tests followed the 1956 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1958 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1957 series tests and detonations Name The US, France and Great Britain have code-named their test events, while the USSR and China did not, and therefore have only test numbers (with some exceptions – Soviet peaceful explosions were named). Word translations into English in parentheses unless the name is a proper noun. A dash followed by a number indicates a member of a salvo event. The US also sometimes named the individual explosions in such a salvo test, which results in "name1 – 1(with name2)". If test is canceled or aborted, then the row data like date and location discloses the intended plans, where known. Date time (UT) Local time zoneTo convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional hour. If the result is earlier than 00:00, add 24 hours and subtract 1 from the day; if it is 24:00 or later, subtract 24 hours and add 1 to the day. Historical time zone data obtained from the IANA time zone database.Time Zone Historical Database iana.com http://www.ietf.org/timezones/ 8 March 2014 LocationRough place name and a latitude/longitude reference; for rocket-carried tests, the launch location is specified before the detonation location, if known. Some locations are extremely accurate; others (like airdrops and space blasts) may be quite inaccurate. "~" indicates a likely pro-forma rough location, shared with other tests in that same area. Elevation + height Elevation is the ground level at the point directly below the explosion relative to sea level; height is the additional distance added or subtracted by tower, balloon, shaft, tunnel, air drop or other contrivance. For rocket bursts the ground level is "N/A". In some cases it is not clear if the height is absolute or relative to ground, for example, Plumbbob/John. No number or units indicates the value is unknown, while "0" means zero. Sorting on this column is by elevation and height added together. Delivery,Atmospheric, airdrop, balloon, gun, cruise missile, rocket, surface, tower, and barge are all disallowed by the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Sealed shaft and tunnel are underground, and remained useful under the PTBT. Intentional cratering tests are borderline; they occurred under the treaty, were sometimes protested, and generally overlooked if the test was declared to be a peaceful use.Purpose Include weapons development, weapon effects, safety test, transport safety test, war, science, joint verification and industrial/peaceful, which may be further broken down. DeviceDesignations for test items where known, "?" indicates some uncertainty about the preceding value, nicknames for particular devices in quotes. This category of information is often not officially disclosed. YieldEstimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNT equivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). FalloutRadioactive emission to the atmosphere aside from prompt neutrons, where known. The measured species is only iodine-131 if mentioned, otherwise it is all species. No entry means unknown, probably none if underground and "all" if not; otherwise notation for whether measured on the site only or off the site, where known, and the measured amount of radioactivity released. References Notes 34 ZUR-215 (Joe 29)34 ZUR-215 (Joe 29) dmy 1957 1 19 URAT (5 hrs) Launch from Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan, elv: 0 + 0 m on;Detonation over Western Kazakhstan ~ 000270N/A + 270 m on high alt rocket (30–80 km),weapon effect 000100000 10 kt First successful air nuclear explosion with missile launch for Kapustin Yar. The missile was the ZUR-215, later known as the R-5M. The test has become known by the name of the rocket. 35 (Joe 30)35 (Joe 30) dmy 1957 3 8 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 000890280 m on + 610 m on air drop,weapons development 000190000 19 kt 36 (Joe 31)36 (Joe 31) dmy 1957 4 3 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 001380280 m on + 1100 m on air drop,weapons development 000420000 42 kt 37 (Joe 32)37 (Joe 32) dmy 1957 4 6 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 001425280 m on + 1145 m on air drop,weapons development 000570000 57 kt 38 (Joe 33)38 (Joe 33) dmy 1957 4 10 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 002280280 m on + 2000 m on air drop,weapons development TN 006800000 680 kt 39 (Joe 34)39 (Joe 34) dmy 1957 4 12 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 001425280 m on + 1145 m on air drop,weapons development 000220000 22 kt 40 (Joe 35)40 (Joe 35) dmy 1957 4 16 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 002280280 m on + 2000 m on air drop,weapons development TN 003200000 320 kt 41 (Joe 36)41 (Joe 36) dmy 1957 8 22 06:30:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan 002160280 m on + 1880 m on air drop,weapons development TN 005200000 520 kt 4242 dmy 1957 8 26 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 000690280 m on + 410 m on air drop,safety experiment 000001000 100 t First test for nuclear weapons safety, but why dropped?. 43 (Joe 37)43 (Joe 37) dmy 1957 9 7 08:00:01.0 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0000172 m on + 15 m on tower,fundamental science 000320000 32 kt The only surface test at NTSNZ, 320 ft on in from Guba Chernya bay. Study of anchored ship effects. GZ was quite contaminated, 40,000 R/hr. 44 (Joe 38)44 (Joe 38) dmy 1957 9 13 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 001060280 m on + 780 m on air drop,weapons development 000059000 5.9 kt 45 (Joe 39)45 (Joe 39) dmy 1957 9 24 09:00:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0020000 + 2000 m on air drop,weapons development TN 016000000 1.6 Mt First air test at NTSNZ; aerial bomb drop. 46 (Joe 40)46 (Joe 40) dmy 1957 9 26 05:00:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 002280280 m on + 2000 m on air drop,weapons development 000130000 13 kt 47 (Joe 41)47 (Joe 41) dmy 1957 10 6 09:00:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0021200 + 2120 m on air drop,weapons development RDS-46A/R-7 TN 029000000 2.9 Mt 48 (Joe 42)48 (Joe 42) dmy 1957 10 10 06:54:32 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0000000–20 m on underwater,weapon effect RDS-9/T-5 torpedo. 000060000 6 kt Launched underwater by B-130 submarine "some distance" from Guba Chernaya. Very low residual radiation. 49 (Joe 43)49 (Joe 43) dmy 1957 12 28 ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ 000895280 m on + 615 m on air drop,weapons development 000120000 12 kt note References RFNC-VNIIEF 1998 USSR Nuclear Tests, Hydronuclear Experiments, Plutonium Inventory Sarov, Russia Podvig Pavel 2001 Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces MIT Press Cambridge, MA 9780262661812 https://books.google.com/books?id=CPRVbYDc-7kC&pg=PA453 9 January 2014 Central Intelligence Agency National Intelligence Estimate 11-2A-62 http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/89801/DOC_0000843187.pdf Soviet Atomic Energy Program 20 August 2012 16 May 1962 Yang Xiaoping Robert North Carl Romney August 2000 CMR Nuclear Explosion Database (Revision 3) SMDC Monitoring Research RFNC-VNIIEF 1996 USSR Nuclear Weapons Tests and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions 1949 through 1990 Sarov, Russia The official Russian list of Soviet tests. Cochran Thomas B. Arkin William M. Robert S. 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Leith https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~richards/my_papers/khalturin_NZ_1-42%20.pdf 20 August 2012 10 April 2004 1–42 2005S&GS...13....1K 122069080 Zaloga Steven J. 2002 The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-2000 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington, DC Weir Gary E. Walter J. Boyne 2003 Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines that Fought the Cold War Basic Books New York, NY Eneva Mariana Jeffry L. Stevens Jack Murphy Boris D. Khristoforov Effect of charge depth in Russian hydroacoustic data from nuclear and HE explosions 22nd Seismic Research Review https://www.nemre.nnsa.doe.gov/prod/researchreview/2000/05/0503.pdf 20 January 2013February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 48.56956 45.90346 Launch_34 ZUR-215 (Joe 29) inline 49.5 48 34 ZUR-215 (Joe 29) inline 50.4 77.8 35 (Joe 30) inline 50.4 77.8 36 (Joe 31) inline 50.4 77.8 37 (Joe 32) inline 50.42 77.78 38 (Joe 33) inline 50.4 77.8 39 (Joe 34) inline 50.4 77.8 40 (Joe 35) inline 50.42 77.78 41 (Joe 36) inline 50.4 77.8 42 inline 70.72333 54.6963 43 (Joe 37) inline 50.4 77.8 44 (Joe 38) inline 73.8 55.4 45 (Joe 39) inline 50.4 77.8 46 (Joe 40) inline 73.8 55 47 (Joe 41) inline 70.703 54.6 48 (Joe 42) inline 50.4 77.8 49 (Joe 43) inline 1957 Category:1957 in the Soviet Union Category:1957 in military history Category:1957 explosions