A ‘Non-Nuclear’ Blast Reported by Soviets
From Reuters
MOSCOW —
The Soviet Union said it detonated a non-nuclear explosion for military purposes on the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Circle.
The Tuesday blast was conducted above ground at a test site east of the Barents Sea, the official news agency Tass said.
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