1987 Soviet nuclear tests

none List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union 1987 Soviet Union Aktobe, Kazakhstan; Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan; NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Perm, Russia; Sakha, Russia 1987 24 underground shaft, tunnel 150 ktTNT in 1985 Soviet nuclear tests 1988 Soviet nuclear tests 1987 Soviet nuclear tests The Soviet Union's 1987 nuclear test series was a group of 24 nuclear tests conducted in 1987. These testsA bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual explosions does not exceed 5 seconds and where the burial points of all explosive devices can be connected by segments of straight lines, each of them connecting two burial points and does not exceed 40 kilometers in length". V. N. Mikhailov Catalog of World Wide Nuclear Testing Begell-Atom, LLC http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2013-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426102201/http://www.iss-atom.ru/ksenia/catal_nt/1.htm 2014-04-26 dead followed the 1985 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1988 Soviet nuclear tests series. + Soviet Union's 1987 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. vTime Zone Historical Database iana.com http://www.ietf.org/timezones/ March 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140311224729/http://www.ietf.org/timezones/ 2014-03-11 dead 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 669669 dmy 1987 2 26 04:58:24.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 130 49.8299 78.0835 669 inline 000635635 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000240000 24 kt 670 - 1670 dmy 1987 3 12 01:57:19.63 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1315 49.93633 78.82663 670 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000110000 11 kt 670 - 2670 dmy 1987 3 12 01:57:19.6 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1315 49.93633 78.82663 670 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 671671 dmy 1987 4 3 01:17:10.36 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1318 49.91914 78.77961 671 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001400000 140 kt 672 - 1672 dmy 1987 4 3 01:17:12.32 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 208 49.7467 78.1162 672 - 1 inline 000597597 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000010000 1 kt 672 - 2672 dmy 1987 4 3 01:17:12.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 208 49.7467 78.1162 672 - 2 inline 000597597 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 672 - 3672 dmy 1987 4 3 01:17:12.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 208 49.7467 78.1162 672 - 3 inline 000597597 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield unnumbered #11unnumbered #11 dmy 1987 4 17 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 175-3p 49.751 78.049 unnumbered #11 inline 000000 + tunnel, 000000000 no yield 673 - 1673 dmy 1987 4 17 01:03:07.14 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1384 49.87668 78.66917 673 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000860000 86 kt 673 - 2673 dmy 1987 4 17 01:03:07.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1384 49.87668 78.66917 673 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 673 - 3673 dmy 1987 4 17 01:03:07.1 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1384 49.87668 78.66917 673 - 3 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 674 Geliy 3 (Helium)674 Geliy 3 (Helium) dmy 1987 4 19 04:00:00.0 SVET (5 hrs) Perm, Russia: 404 60.6 57.2 674 Geliy 3 (Helium) inline 000000 – 2015 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000032000 3.2 kt Oil recovery intensification. 170 km NE Bereznyaki. 675 Geliy 3 (Helium)675 Geliy 3 (Helium) dmy 1987 4 19 04:05:00.0 SVET (5 hrs) Perm, Russia: 405 60.8 57.5 675 Geliy 3 (Helium) inline 000000 – 2055 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000032000 3.2 kt Oil recovery intensification. 170 km NE Bereznyaki. 676676 dmy 1987 5 6 04:02:08.11 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 164 49.7742 77.9986 676 inline 000772772 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000400000 40 kt 677677 dmy 1987 6 6 02:37:09.25 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 138 49.8327 78.0704 677 inline 000604604 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000240000 24 kt 678 - 1678 dmy 1987 6 20 00:53:07.16 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1326 49.93774 78.74298 678 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001070000 107 kt 678 - 2678 dmy 1987 6 20 00:53:07.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1326 49.93774 78.74298 678 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 679 Neva 2679 Neva 2 dmy 1987 7 7 00:00:00.0 YAKT (9 hrs) Sakha, Russia: 68 61.5 112.85 679 Neva 2 inline 000000 – 1515 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000150000 15 kt Oil recovery intensification. 680680 dmy 1987 7 17 01:17:09.18 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 168 49.7664 78.0287 680 inline 000471738 m on – 267 m on tunnel,fundamental science 000780000 78 kt 681 Neva 3681 Neva 3 dmy 1987 7 24 02:00:00.0 YAKT (9 hrs) Sakha, Russia: 61 61.45 112.8 681 Neva 3 inline 000000 – 1520 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000150000 15 kt Oil recovery intensification. 683 - 1683 dmy 1987 8 2 00:58:09.27 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1348 49.88113 78.87414 683 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000720000 72 kt 683 - 2683 dmy 1987 8 2 00:58:09.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1348 49.88113 78.87414 683 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 683 - 3683 dmy 1987 8 2 00:58:09.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1348 49.88113 78.87414 683 - 3 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 682 - 1682 dmy 1987 8 2 02:00:00.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-37A 73.326 54.602 682 - 1 inline 000000100 m on – 390 m on tunnel,weapons development 001500000 150 kt Venting detected off site, 1.5 kCi TBq on 682 - 2682 dmy 1987 8 2 02:00:00.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-37A 73.326 54.602 682 - 2 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 682 - 3682 dmy 1987 8 2 02:00:00.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-37A 73.326 54.602 682 - 3 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 682 - 4682 dmy 1987 8 2 02:00:00.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-37A 73.326 54.602 682 - 4 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000000000 unknown yield 682 - 5682 dmy 1987 8 2 02:00:00.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area B, Matochkin Shar, Novaya Zemlya, Russia: A-37A 73.326 54.602 682 - 5 inline 000100100 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000000 unknown yield 684 Neva 4684 Neva 4 dmy 1987 8 12 01:30:00.5 YAKT (9 hrs) Sakha, Russia: 101 61.45 112.8 684 Neva 4 inline 000000 – 834 m on underground shaft,oil stimulation 000032000 3.2 kt Oil recovery intensification. 685 - 1685 dmy 1987 9 18 02:32:10.01 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 132p 49.806 78.0997 685 - 1 inline 000719719 m on + tunnel,weapon effect 000011000 1.1 kt 685 - 2685 dmy 1987 9 18 02:32:10.0 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 132p 49.806 78.0997 685 - 2 inline 000719719 m on + tunnel,safety experiment 000000000 unknown yield 686 Batolit 2 (Batholith)686 Batolit 2 (Batholith) dmy 1987 10 3 15:15:00.0 AKTT (6 hrs) Aktobe, Kazakhstan: BT-2 47.6 56.2 686 Batolit 2 (Batholith) inline 000000 – 1000 m on underground shaft,seismic sounding 000085000 8.5 kt Seismic probing program. 687687 dmy 1987 10 16 06:06:06.99 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: K-85 49.7313 78.0906 687 inline 000538620 m on – 82 m on tunnel,weapon effect 000011000 1.1 kt 688 - 1688 dmy 1987 11 15 03:31:09.17 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1332 49.89909 78.75629 688 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001030000 103 kt 688 - 2688 dmy 1987 11 15 03:31:09.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1332 49.89909 78.75629 688 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 689 - 1689 dmy 1987 12 13 03:21:07.25 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1355 49.96185 78.79222 689 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001370000 137 kt 689 - 2689 dmy 1987 12 13 03:21:07.3 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1355 49.96185 78.79222 689 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield 690690 dmy 1987 12 20 02:55:09.14 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 164p 49.7742 77.9986 690 inline 000772772 m on + tunnel,fundamental science 000050000 5 kt 691 - 1691 dmy 1987 12 27 03:05:07.22 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1388 49.87979 78.72368 691 - 1 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 001170000 117 kt 691 - 2691 dmy 1987 12 27 03:05:07.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Balapan, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: 1388 49.87979 78.72368 691 - 2 inline 000330330 m on + underground shaft,weapons development 000000000 unknown yield note References RFNC-VNIIEF 1996 USSR Nuclear Weapons Tests and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions 1949 through 1990 Sarov, Russia The official Russian list of Soviet tests. 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