Washington on Friday (February 6, 2026) accused China of conducting secret nuclear explosive tests, and of preparing for more tests with massive yields, in what it said violated an international test ban. “Today, I can reveal that the U.S. government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tonnes,” Thomas DiNanno, U.S. under secretary of state for arms control, told the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. “China conducted one such yield-producing nuclear test on June 22 of 2020,” he said. Mr. Trump said on October 31 that Washington would start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Moscow and Beijing, but without elaborating or explaining what kind of nuclear testing he wanted to resume. Mr. DiNanno on Friday (February 6, 2026) maintained that the People’s Liberation Army in China had “sought to conceal testing by obfuscating the nuclear explosions because it recognised these tests violate test ban commitments”.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2026 05:55 UTC