US EditionUS Cites Seismic Data to Bolster China Nuclear Test Claim
The U.S. cited seismic data linking China’s 2020 underground nuclear test to its expanding arsenal of 600 warheads, while planning to resume testing to maintain parity.
- 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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US 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 …
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…
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WASHINGTON, Feb 18 — 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 sec…
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