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US Cites Seismic Data to Bolster China Nuclear Test Claim
U.S. officials cited seismic data indicating a 2.75 magnitude explosion at China's Lop Nur site in 2020, prompting plans to resume low-yield nuclear testing to maintain strategic 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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The New START nuclear arms control treaty, the last between the United States and Russia, expired this month and President Donald Trump called for a new agreement to include China.
After China Refutes It, US Releases New Details of Alleged Nuclear Testing in 2020
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Christopher Yeaw, US Assistant Secretary for arms control and non-proliferation at the State Department, said, "If adversaries conduct nuclear tests but the US does not, America is putting itself at an intolerable disadvantage. The Trump administration will seek to level the playing field." World News | After China Refutes It, US Releases New Details of Alleged Nuclear Testing in 2020.
A department head at the U.S. Department of State presents new details of a possible underground nuclear weapons test in China. China rejects the allegations. The organization of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO) is reluctant.
The US intends to resume nuclear weapons testing, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Christopher Yeaw said in a speech at the Hudson Institute on Tuesday, recalling that President Donald Trump announced this last October, reports the French news agency AFP.
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Conservative AngleUS 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 …
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