The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and Russia. And Trump last year called for the resumption of US nuclear weapons tests. “China conducted one such yield producing nuclear test on June 22 of 2020,” he said, without providing further details. Although he did not explicitly say the US would upload additional nuclear weapons now that it was no longer bound by the agreement, he indicated it was likely. Beijing has consistently rebuffed trilateral arms control negotiations, arguing that their stockpiles are not on par with Moscow and Washington.

Source: CNN February 06, 2026 23:35 UTC