Novaya Zemlya
- Country: Russia
- Role: Weapons Test
- Status: Decommissioned
- Year: 1954
Overview
The Soviet Arctic archipelago proving ground where Tsar Bomba, the 50 megaton largest bomb ever detonated, exploded over the Sukhoy Nos cape in October 1961, among roughly 130 tests through 1990. Access remains restricted inside the Russian nuclear estate.
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