— If other countries carry out such tests, Russia will have to take appropriate retaliatory measures, Putin said on Wednesday, quoted by Reuters. He noted that Moscow has always supported the ban on similar tests, as long as it is not violated by other countries that are parties to the nuclear test ban agreement.
The Russian leader ordered the leadership of the security forces to prepare proposals for nuclear tests in response to the announcement of American tests made by US President Donald Trump.
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Russia is scaring again. “Preparations must begin immediately”
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said that the United States is expanding its offensive nuclear forces. The US is to work on a new intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 13,000. km and on the strategic submarine project Columbia. “Therefore, preparations for large-scale nuclear tests should begin immediately,” Belousov said.
The head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that US officials refused to talk directly about Donald Trump's statement.
Trump announced on October 30, just before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, that he had ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons tests, citing tests by other countries.
