US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

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The U.S. government has released fresh intelligence on what it claims was an illicit Chinese nuclear test conducted in 2020. On June 22 of that year, a remote seismic station in Kazakhstan detected a ...

The 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not yet entered into force due to the failure of eight key states, including the United States and China, to ratify it and Russia’s decision ...

On February 6, the United States Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno accused China of conducting nuclear weapons tests that achieved supercritical yields, ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A senior State Department official on Tuesday said the U.S. still is assessing how to implement President Donald Trump's order to ‌resume U.S. nuclear weapons tests, ...

Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the US Energy Department Brandon Williams noted that the department conducted "more than a thousand" non-explosive tests on its nuclear stockpile every year ...