Russia denies testing low-yield nukes A mushroom cloud rises with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in this 1946 file handout provided by the U.S. Library of Congress. MOSCOW, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thurs...
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“We must expect development and testing of new advanced weapons systems in the areas east of Norway. Several of these will have nuclear propulsion systems,” Haga Lunde said. “The development will bring, additional to the military challenges, also challenges related to both environment and securi...
"We propose to all to calm down and freeze all confrontational actions, first of all, actions related to military operations including launching missiles, testing nuclear weapons and organizing large-scale maneuvers, which theUnited States,South KoreaandJapanare conducting in this region," Lavrov said...
"In addition to monitoring nuclear weapons testing abroad, the Special Control Service monitors compliance with international treaties on the limitation and prohibition of nuclear weapons tests," said the statement. The SCS also ensures Russia's participation in the international mechanism for monitoring ...
The Imperator Alexander III is the seventh of the Russian Project 955 Borei (Arctic Wind) class nuclear submarines, Russian sources have told Reuters. The Borei class has 16 Bulava missiles that have a range of some 8,000 km. The recent missile testing comes amid Russia’s continue...
“Some actors in Washington are thinking about testing nuclear weapons,” he said. “The defense ministry and RosAtom must prepare also to conduct nuclear tests in case of necessity. But Russia will not conduct it first.” -ABC News' Patrick Reevell Show More Feb 21, 2023, 5:41 PM CST ...
“In this situation, Rosatom (Russia’s state nuclear corporation) and the Defense Ministry must ensure readiness for Russian nuclear weapons tests,” Putin said. “We naturally won’t be the first to do it, but if the U.S. conducts tests we will also do it. No one should ha...
Stensønes also raised the concern that testing such nuclear weapons could have serious environmental consequences. “We are ecologically worried. This is not only a theoretical thing: in fact, we have seen serious accidents in the last few years,” he said, referring to the testing of the ...
Russia reacts to US nuclear experiment Russian President Vladimir Putin said last year that Moscow should be ready to resume nuclear testing if the US does.“We know for a fact that some people in Washington are considering running the real-life tests of their nuclear weapons while the US is...