China, Donald Trump and Nuclear Weapons
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China denies nuclear testing, calls on US to maintain moratorium
US president claims China, Russia have carried out secret nuclear weapon tests as he seeks to justify return to testing.
United States has tested its Minuteman III nuclear missile from California, flying over 6,700 km to a Pacific test site in a powerful show of force. Weighing 30 tons and 18 meters long, the missile can reach over 10,
America’s adversaries are carrying out low-level nuclear tests and gaining an advantage over the United States in modernizing their arsenals, according to President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
Beijing has been expanding its arsenal, and distrust between China and the United States over nuclear weapons has deepened, with little hope of an agreement.
Russia is testing nuclear weapons, and China is testing them too, you just don’t know about it,” Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday.
Just days after touting a trade truce with China, President Trump acknowledged that China is "always watching us." American intelligence agencies say the Chinese have infiltrated parts of the U.S. power grid and water systems.