U.S. believes Russia is conducting the banned low-level nuclear tests

U.S. believes Russia is conducting the banned low-level nuclear tests

The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear testing in violation of a moratorium on such tests. This is was said by the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency on Wednesday.

“The United States believes that Russia probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the ‘zero-yield’ standard,” Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley said at an arms control forum at the Hudson Institute

Negotiated in the 1990s, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) enjoys wide global support but must be ratified by eight more nuclear technology states among them: Israel, Iran, Egypt, and the United States to come into force.

Russia ratified the treaty in 2000.

“We believe they have the capability in the way they are set up” to conduct low-level nuclear tests that exceed the zero yield limit set in the CTBT, Ashley said.

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