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Reports say the United States is considering resuming nuclear tests that have been suspended for the past 28 years.
The Washington Post (WP) quoted a high-ranking US official on the 22nd (local time) as reports by the National Security Agency chiefs on Wednesday.
At the time, at the meeting of the head of the Security Council, the allegations of recent nuclear tests in Russia and China were raised on the agenda.
A senior official said on the premise of anonymity, "It has been said that the US would be useful to negotiate nuclear disarmament with Russia and China if the nuclear test was conducted." I did it. "
However, another official said, "The meeting concluded that rather than resuming the nuclear test, we should come up with countermeasures to Russia and China in different ways."
In particular, multiple sources reported that the NNSA was strongly opposed to the resumption of the nuclear test.
The White House National Security Council (NSC) declined to comment on the meeting, the Washington Post said.
Major nuclear powers are currently obeying the ban on nuclear testing, but the United States has violated the zero yield test standards in Russia and China in recent months by conducting low-explosive low-yield tests to release nuclear energy. Insisted.
Russia and China deny it.
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