The Soviet Union's 1962 nuclear test series was a group of 78 nuclear tests conducted in 1962. These tests followed the Soviet Project K nuclear tests series and preceded the 1964 Soviet nuclear tests series.
+ Soviet Union's 1962 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. 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 143 Argon 1 (Joe 120) 08:00:00.2 ALMT (6 hrs) Degelen, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: A-1 + tunnel,weapon effect
First Soviet underground test. 144
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ N/A + atmospheric,weapons development
145
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ N/A + atmospheric,weapons development
146
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ N/A + atmospheric,weapons development
147 09:08:45.8 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
148 03:00:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan + 0 dry surface,weapons development
149 09:00:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
150
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
151
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ N/A + atmospheric,weapons development
152 09:02:14.1 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
Khalturin names this an ICBM test from Chita. 153
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
156
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
155 Shkval (Flurry) 09:00:00 MSK (3 hrs) Launch from Kola Peninsula Launch Area (Barents Sea) , elv: ;Detonation over Kola Peninsula Launch Area (Barents Sea) ~ 0 + cruise missile,weapons development
Air launched (from TU-16K) cruise missile test. No other information on launch; trajectory is a guess. Location known only as "Kara Sea"; lat/lon a guess; official lat/lon is in NZ land corral. 154 09:00:04.2 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
157
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
159 05:40:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
158 09:??:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,
161
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
160 09:00:50.9 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
162
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,fundamental science
163
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
unnumbered #4
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + atmospheric,
164 Tyulpan (Tulip) 10:17:57.7 MSK (3 hrs) Launch from Zabaykalsky (then Chita), Russia , elv: ;Detonation over NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia N/A + high alt rocket (30–80 km),weapons development
Launched on an R-14 rocket from "Yasnaya railroad station" south of Chita toward Mityushikha Bay, NZ, 3600 km across Siberia. Probable ABM test. 165 08:02:13.9 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
166 10:59:10.5 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
unnumbered #5
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + atmospheric,
167 08:29:02.7 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
168 11:00:56.4 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
169 08:00:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
170
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
171
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
172
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan + 0 dry surface,weapons development
173 13:02:31.7 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
174 08:03:16.4 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
175
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,fundamental science
176 16:32:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
177
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
178
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
179
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
180
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
181
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
182
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
183 09:06:10.1 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
185 07:35:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
186
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
188
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
189 07:35:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
190
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,weapons development
191
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
192
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
194 06:30:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
193 09:20:?? ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
197
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
198
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
196 08:31:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
199
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
200
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan + tower,weapon effect
201
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan + tower,weapons development
202
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,weapons development
203
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
204
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
205
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
206
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
207
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + air drop,weapons development
209
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,fundamental science
208 10:45:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
210
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
211
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
213
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
214
MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
215
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
212 11:15:?? MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 0 + air drop,weapons development
216
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
217
ALMT (6 hrs) Ground Zero, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan ~ + 0 dry surface,safety experiment
218 10:44:21.9 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 + air drop,weapons development
219 11:11:42.0 MSK (3 hrs) NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia 0 +