U.S. government worries about possibility of nuclear test by China April 16 13:19
Last year, the U.S. government released a report saying that "China may continue the suspension of nuclear tests", saying that active movements were confirmed at China's nuclear test site, and it is possible for China to conduct nuclear tests. Showed concern about sex.
The US Department of State has submitted a summary of a report summarizing domestic and national nuclear disarmament efforts to Parliament and published it on the 15th.
Among them, active movements such as excavation work were confirmed last year at the nuclear test site in Lopnor, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, inland China.
In addition, the transmission of surveillance data to the international nuclear test surveillance network CTBTO, which is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is frequently blocked in China, and lacks transparency. There is concern about whether or not the nuclear test will be suspended, "he said.
Regarding the report, the US Wall Street Journal and others report that China is secretly conducting small-scale nuclear tests.
In addition, the report's summary points out that Russia conducted an experiment with a nuclear explosion last year.
On the other hand, the United States conducted a sub-critical nuclear test without a nuclear explosion in February last year, and is proceeding with the deployment of nuclear warheads with low power called low-power nuclear weapons, and the future of nuclear disarmament cannot be predicted further. The situation.