China has rejected US allegations that it conducted a secret nuclear test, suggesting that the “baseless” claim was aimed at providing cover for Washington to resume its own testing program.
The dispute erupted last week, when US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Thomas DiNanno claimed that Washington is aware that Beijing had “conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tons.”
DiNanno claimed China conducted one such “yield-producing test” on June 22, 2020, and intentionally obfuscated the explosions – which would violate the country’s nuclear commitments – by using…
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