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Russia Preparing for “Full-Scale” Nuclear Tests

Last week I pointed out how President Trump had announced that that the United States was going to resume nuclear weapons tests for the first time since the 1990s. Other nuclear-armed countries are paying attention, and that includes Russia:

Russian defense minister Andrey Belousov said it is appropriate to “immediately” prepare for “full-scale” nuclear tests at the country’s Novaya Zemlya site, Moscow’s state media outlets TASS and RIA reported.

“The readiness of the forces and facilities at the central test site on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago makes it possible to carry them out within a short time frame,” Belousov said at an operational meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the permanent members of Russia’s Security Council, per TASS.