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The US conducted around 1,032 nuclear tests between 1945-1992, and the USSR about 727 tests between 1949-1990. But it seems like the US only had around 115 unique nuclear devices, while the USSR had about 40. Why did they need to conduct so many tests for, what kind of data were they trying to get?

by /u/DrHENCHMAN in /r/AskHistorians

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