US EditionUS Cites Seismic Data to Bolster China Nuclear Test Claim
U.S. officials cite seismic data from Kazakhstan indicating a 2.75-magnitude explosion near China's Lop Nur test site, supporting claims of China's underground nuclear test in 2020.
- On Tuesday, Christopher Yeaw said the United States is ready to match alleged Chinese low-yield tests, citing `As the president has said, the United States will return to testing on a-- quote-- 'equal basis,'` at the Hudson Institute.
- A remote seismic station in Kazakhstan recorded a 2.75-magnitude event on June 22, 2020 near Lop Nur, China's main nuclear test site, with Christopher Yeaw saying `There is very little possibility that it is anything other than an explosion, a singular explosion`.
- Independent analysts cautioned the signal was weak and inconclusive, the Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty Organization said it detected no nuclear test, and Lin Jian called the U.S. accusation `completely groundless`.
- With New START expired on February 5, the U.S. is considering matching alleged Chinese low-yield tests, potentially impacting nuclear arms control efforts.
- Given that China has only 45 tests, its arsenal nearing 600 warheads and aiming for 1,000 by 2030, Yeaw said, `The treaty becomes basically a fig leaf`.
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A department head at the U.S. Department of State presents new details of a possible underground nuclear weapons test in China. China rejects the allegations. The organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO) is reluctant.
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Conservative AngleUS Releases New Details on Alleged 2020 Chinese Nuclear Test
A senior State Department official released additional evidence Tuesday in support of U.S. allegations that China conducted an underground nuclear test in June 2020, as global arms control frameworks unravel. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw, while speaking to a Hudson Institute meeting, discussed data from a remote seismic station in Kazakhstan that recorded a magnitude 2.75 “explosion” approximately 450 miles from China’s Lop Nur …
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US will match Chinese low-yield N-tests
The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said Tuesday. New START, the last treaty between the United States and Russia that limited deployment of nuclear warheads, expired this month as US President Donald Trump called for a new agreement that also includes China. Christopher Yeaw, the assistant secretary of state for…
U.S. reveals new details of alleged Chinese nuclear test | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
WASHINGTON--A senior U.S. official on Tuesday revealed what he said were new details of an underground nuclear test blast that China allegedly conducted in June 2020.
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