Soviet Project K nuclear tests

K project
K project
Information
Country	Soviet Union
Test site	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Period	1961–1962
Number of tests	5
Test type	dry surface, space rocket (> 80 km)
Max. yield	300 kilotonnes of TNT (1,300 TJ)
Test series chronology
	← 1961 Soviet nuclear tests 1962 Soviet nuclear tests →

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The Soviet Union's K project nuclear test series^[1] was a group of five nuclear tests conducted in 1961–1962. These tests followed the 1961 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1962 Soviet nuclear tests series.

The K project nuclear testing series were all high altitude tests fired by missiles from the Kapustin Yar launch site in Russia across central Kazakhstan toward the Sary Shagan test range (see map below).

Two of the tests were 1.2 kiloton warheads tested in 1961. The remaining three tests were of 300 kiloton warheads in 1962.

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