US nuclear testing debate reignites after State Dept alleges China nuclear test

State Department alleges China conducted nuclear test in 2020, reigniting debate over U.S. testing moratorium and international arms control challenges.

US accuses China of breaking rules on nuclear weapons by hiding explosions and preparing for more testing

The US accused China of secret nuclear tests, banned under international agreement, that were building toward tests of larger nuclear warheads.
Yahoo

Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to use their own tests as intimidation, experts told ...
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Trump’s nuclear weapons testing plans won’t include explosions, energy secretary says

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was the first clarity from the Trump administration since ...
The Hill

Wright: Weapons testing won’t involve nuclear explosions

“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests. These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions,” Wright said on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing.” “So you’re testing all the other parts of ...