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Moscow suggests that it will carry out its own nuclear tests if the US resumes testing under Donald Trump\u2019s orders.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested that if the United States tests nuclear weapons, \u201cRussia will respond in kind.\u201d<\/p>\n Lavrov cited on Tuesday previous statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin laying out Moscow\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n His comments came less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump said he directed his administration to \u201cimmediately\u201d resume nuclear testing.<\/p>\n \u201cPutin outlined our position back in 2023, when he was asked about this issue during one of his speeches,\u201d Lavrov told reporters, according to Russia\u2019s state-owned news agency TASS.<\/p>\n \u201cHe stated that if any of the nuclear powers conducts a nuclear weapons test \u2013 not a carrier test or a subcritical experiment, but an actual nuclear weapons test \u2013 then Russia will respond in kind.\u201d<\/p>\n Late in October, Trump claimed that other countries have testing programmes, saying that he instructed the Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons \u201con an equal basis\u201d.<\/p>\n But Russia\u2019s last known nuclear test was in 1990; China\u2019s was in 1996. The US has not tested a nuclear bomb since 1992.<\/p>\n Since the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was signed in 1996, only India, Pakistan and North Korea have carried out known nuclear tests.<\/p>\n Russia tested a missile powered by nuclear energy in October, but not an actual nuclear bomb.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright \u2013 whose agency is responsible for the country\u2019s nuclear programme \u2013 said the US will not carry out a nuclear explosion.<\/p>\n Rather, Wright told Fox News, the US will test components of nuclear weapons to simulate how they would work and ensure that the systems are operational.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the tests we\u2019re talking about right now are system tests. These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n But on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia had not received direct information from the US regarding the testing issue.<\/p>\n \u201cSo far, there have been no explanations from our US colleagues on this topic,\u201d he was quoted as saying by TASS.<\/p>\n Peskov said last week that Putin instructed the Russian military to \u201cstudy the advisability of beginning preparations\u201d for nuclear testing.<\/p>\n For its part, China denied that Beijing is conducting nuclear testing and said it hoped that Washington would abide by the nuclear moratorium put in place by the CTBT.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible nuclear-weapon state, China is committed to peaceful development, follows a policy of \u2018no first use\u2019 of nuclear weapons and a nuclear strategy that focuses on self-defence, and adheres to its nuclear testing moratorium,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on November 3.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Lavrov hit out at Pentagon nominee Robert Kadlec, who told US lawmakers last week that Washington \u201cneeds to have credible nuclear response options for a theatre conflict below the strategic-level\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMr Kadlec, who is seeking the post of assistant to the secretary of war, stated that nuclear options should be developed to address certain potential regional conflicts,\u201d Lavrov said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is quite a remarkable statement. In other words, it directly indicates that this individual, as assistant to the secretary of war, intends to view the use of nuclear weapons as a tool for achieving the objectives the United States deems necessary in specific regions.\u201d<\/p>\n Russia itself was accused of nuclear sabre-rattling in the early stages of its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 when Putin put Moscow\u2019s nuclear deterrence force on high alert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Moscow suggests that it will carry out its own nuclear tests if the US resumes testing under Donald Trump\u2019s orders. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested that if the United States tests nuclear weapons, \u201cRussia will respond in kind.\u201d Lavrov cited on Tuesday previous statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin laying out Moscow\u2019s policy. 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