Trump declines to say if US will test nuclear weapons
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Dmitri S. Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told Russian news agencies that recent drone and missile tests were not nuclear weapons tests.
Newsweek has broken down how Moscow, Beijing, London, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Paris would be affected if any of these cities were targeted by a W88 exploding in an airburst dropped from 2,080 feet from the ground, according to NUKEMAP, a resource created by by Alex Wellerstein, a professor and historian of nuclear technology.
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Russia's boasting big moves on a couple of nuclear 'super weapons.' Another may be operational soon.
Russia said it tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and torpedo, two of its experimental weapons, in recent days.
Putin announced successful Poseidon nuclear drone testing as President Donald Trump urged Russia to end the Ukraine war instead of testing missiles on Monday.
"We do not see anything that would give rise to the hypothesis of any substantive work going on there," Rafael Grossi says.