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778 1982 599 S 1982 OCT 11 07:14:58.63 NZ-NS 73.33900 54.60800 A-37 ZR-1 250 UG-T WR 0.001 20 80 T 80 5.58 V 1 kCi KB-11 A 1,3,4,5,8,9,r
779 1982 599 SS 1982 OCT 11 07:14:58.6 NZ-NS 73.33900 54.60800 A-37 ZR- -500 350 DMN UG-T WR 20 150 ? KB-11 1,3,4,9,r
780 1982 599 SS 1982 OCT 11 07:14:58.6 NZ-NS 73.33900 54.60800 A-37 ZR-3 450 UG-T WR 0.001 20 ? KB-11 1,3,4,9,r
781 1982 599 SS 1982 OCT 11 07:14:58.6 NZ-NS 73.33900 54.60800 A-37 ZR-4 520 UG-T WR 0.001 20 ? KB-11 1,3,4,9,r


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# Test series--year
# Shot name--number in official Russian listing, Russian shot/program name if known, U.S. nickname in parenthesis
# Shot code--

* S--salvo test, first listed detonation
* SS--salvo test, additional detonations
* X--event not including in official Russian listing

# Year, month, day (GMT)
# Time (GMT)
# Site--

* test sites:
o MTR--Missile Testing Range
o NZ--Novaya Zemlya:
+ NZ-CB--Novaya Zemlya, Chernaya Bay
+ NZ-MB--Novaya Zemlya, Mityushikha Bay
+ NZ-NS--Novaya Zemlya, Northern Site (Matochkin Shar)
+ NZ-SS--Novaya Zemlya, Southern Site (Belushya)
o STS--Semipalatinsk Test Site:
+ STS-B--Semipalatinsk, Balapan
+ STS-D--Semipalatinsk, Degelen
+ STS-GZ--Semipalatinsk, Ground Zero (Technical Area Sh)
+ STS-SU--Semipalatinsk, Sary-Uzen
+ STS-T--Semipalatinsk, Telkem
* outside test sites:
o -KZ--Kazakhstan:
+ -KZ-BA--Kazakhstan, Bolshoy Azgir area
+ -KZ-KA--Kazakhstan, Karachaganakskoye oil field
+ -KZ-MA--Kazakhstan, Mangyshlak oblast
o -RU--Russia:
+ -RU-A--Russia, Arkhangelsk area
+ -RU-AS--Russia, Astrakhan gas deposit
+ -RU-BK--Russia, Bashkir
+ -RU-K--Russia, Krasnoyarsk area
+ -RU-M--Russia, Murmansk
+ -RU-O--Russia, Orenberg area
+ -RU-P--Russia, Perm area
+ -RU-T--Russia, Tuymen area
+ -RU-YK--Russia, Yakutia
o -TU--Turkmenistan
o -UK--Ukraine
o -UZ--Uzbekistan

# Latitude (° N) and Longitude (° E)
# Location/time code--

* A--announced/ground truth
* C--time conversion uncertain
* S--seismic determination
* *--time or lat./long. presumed

# Hole designation--shaft or tunnel number
# Height of burst--negative indicates depth
# Ground zero altitude--negative indicates water depth, 0 indicates water of unknown depth
# Ground zero code--

* A--announced/ground truth
* D--derived
* DMN--derived, minimum depth
* DMX--derived, maximum depth
* MX--maximum height/depth
* ?--uncertain

# Type of detonation--

* A--atmospheric
o A-AD--airdrop
o A-CM--cruise missile
o A-R--rocket or missile
* AH--atmospheric, high altitude (between 30 km and 80 km)
o AH-R--rocket
* AS--atmospheric, surface
o AS-AD--airdrop
o AS-R--rocket or missile
o AS-T--tower
* AW--atmospheric, water surface
o AW-AS--anti-submarine weapon or torpedo
o AW-CM--cruise missile
* AX--space (altitude over 80 km)
o AX-R--rocket
* UG--underground
o UG-CS--cavity, shaft
o UG-M--mine
o UG-S--shaft
o UG-T-tunnel
* UW--underwater
o UW-AS--antisubmarine weapon or torpedo
o UW-B--barge

# Purpose--

* FS--fundamental science
* I--industrial applications:
o I-CV--cavity excavation
o I-EM--earth-moving
o I-FE--extinguishing of oil/gas well fire
o I-OS--oil stimulation
o I-SS--seismic sounding
* JV--joint verification
* ME--military exercise
* PR--research for peaceful applications
* SE--safety experiment
* ST--storage/transportation experiment
* VU--Vela uniform
* WE--weapons effects
* WR--nuclear weapons related

# Yield, minimum and maximum--in kt, Russian figures
# Yield, estimated--in kt, reported figures from unofficial or Western sources
# Yield notes--

* MX--maximum
* R--reported
* S--seismic estimate

# Yield, preferred value--incorporation information on annual total yields and compiler's model of yield-to-seismic magnitude relations (note: seismic estimate values for Semipalantisk tests, 1964-1976, may be high by 30%)
# Magnitude Mb--seismic magnitude
# Crater--number indicates diameter in meters, C indicates crater or collapse pit resulted
# Vented--V indicates venting occurred; radioactivity release, if known, is given in curies (Ci), kilocuries (kCi), or megacuries (MCi)
# Device

* FZ--fizzile
* IC--implosion, composite core
* IP--implosion, plutonium core
* IU--implosion, uranium core
* ND--no detonation
* SL--sloika/layer cake thermonuclear (number indicates % fission)
* TN--thermonuclear, multistage (number indicates % fission)

# Warhead--designation (or by delivery system followed by "wh")
# Sponsor--design bureau (KB-11 or Ch-70)
# Reported--

* A--annouced by USA prior to 1990
* S--announced by USSR prior to 1990
* X--not included in official Russia test lists (1996-1999)

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