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The Pentagon suspects Russia of conducting secret nuclear tests

American military intelligence suggests that Russia is secretly conducting nuclear tests of very low power in violation of the international moratorium.

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"The United States believes that Russia is likely not meeting the 'zero' standard of compliance with the moratorium on nuclear weapons testing," Pentagon military intelligence chief Robert Ashley said at a nuclear arms control conference in the United States. American administration officials confirm that other intelligence and analytical agencies have similar data.

Russian General Vladimir Shamanov, who heads the State Duma Defense Committee, called Lieutenant General Ashley's statement irresponsible. “It is impossible to conduct nuclear tests secretly with the technology that controls these processes today,” Shamanov told Interfax, adding that the professionalism of the US military is declining.

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American analysts believe that the Russian authorities are conducting some tests on Novaya Zemlya, an island territory beyond the Arctic Circle.

“Reporters, please be careful. There is NO quote evidence behind this accusation,” Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, tweeted.

According to her, Ashley told one of the journalists that Russia has the opportunity to conduct tests, but he did not confirm that Russia is indeed conducting them.

"They'll just die"

The Russian leadership has repeatedly announced the active development of new types of weapons. Russian President Putin has repeatedly spoken publicly about Russia's new "breakthrough" weapons programs, although he has never mentioned nuclear test explosions.

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Thus, during the annual presidential address in 2018, Putin spoke about the testing of a new missile system with a heavy intercontinental missile "Sarmat". The test video was accompanied by computer graphics showing the rocket flying in the direction of the US state of Florida. At the same time, Putin spoke about the successful testing of the latest type of weapon with a nuclear power plant.

In the fall of 2018, Putin declared that Moscow could use nuclear weapons only if he was convinced that a potential aggressor was striking at it.

“The aggressor must know: retribution is inevitable, he will be destroyed anyway. And we, as victims of aggression, we, as martyrs, will go to heaven, and they will simply die. Because they won’t even have time to repent,” Putin said, speaking at the Valdai discussion forum in Sochi.

Treaties of the era of Reagan and Clinton

Reciprocal accusations of violating the Soviet-American treaty on medium-range and shorter-range missiles have been heard in Washington and Moscow since the beginning of the presidential term of Donald Trump. As a result, both the United States and Russia actually withdrew from the treaty, paving the way for the deployment of missiles capable of carrying a nuclear charge, in close proximity to the European members of NATO.

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The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1996 and ratified by Russia in 2000. The United States was the first to sign a treaty (this was done by President Bill Clinton), but Congress refused to ratify it. The US abandoned nuclear tests in the 1992 year.

In the Russian embassy in Washington, the Wall Street Journal newspaper stated that the Russian Federation fully complied with its obligations under international treaties, including the moratorium on testing nuclear bombs.

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