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The United States and the former Soviet Union are the only two countries that have carried out underwater nuclear explosions. They have conducted five explosions each: the United States at test sites in the Pacific Ocean and the former Soviet Union in the Arctic Ocean, close to Novaya Zemlya. The first underwater nuclear explosion, named Baker, was a test in shallow water conducted as early as 1 July 1946 at the Bikini atoll to study the effects of such nuclear explosions on naval ships, as seen in Figure 4.1.
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Dahlman, O., Mackby, J., Mykkeltveit, S., Haak, H. (2011). Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in the Oceans. In: Detect and Deter: Can Countries Verify the Nuclear Test Ban?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1676-6_4
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