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Military Stats: compare key data on Soviet Union & United States

STAT Soviet Union United States
Nuclear weapons > Atmospheric tests 230
Ranked 1st.
231
Ranked 1st. About the same as Soviet Union
Nuclear weapons > Peaceful use tests 156
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than United States
27
Ranked 1st.
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests 34.4%
Ranked 1st.
48.7%
Ranked 1st. 42% more than Soviet Union
Nuclear weapons > Share of all nuclear tests by yield 54.9%
Ranked 1st. 51% more than United States
36.3%
Ranked 1st.
Nuclear weapons > Test detonations 982
Ranked 1st.
1,127
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Soviet Union
Nuclear weapons > Total yield of all tests 296,836 Kt
Ranked 1st. 51% more than United States
196,513 Kt
Ranked 1st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Defined as these classes of tests: atmospheric, surface, barge, cratering, space, and underwater tests.); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (As declared so by the nation testing; some may have been dual use.); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country); Wikipedia: Worldwide nuclear testing counts and summary (Worldwide nuclear testing totals by country) (Detonations include zero-yield detonations in safety tests and failed full yield tests, but not those in the accident category listed above.)

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