The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means

The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing ...
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Project 596 - China’s first nuclear test

In October 1964, the People’s Republic of China detonated its first atomic bomb under the code name Project 596 at the Lop Nur test site. Developed after the collapse of Soviet assistance, the program ...

US accuses China of secret nuclear test as Trump admin calls for broader nuclear weapons agreement

The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for ...

Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests

It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty ...
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After Trump Orders Nuclear Testing to Resume, ‘Golden Rule,’ America’s First Anti-Nuclear Protest Boat, Returns to Its Mission

On Oct. 30, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since the early 1990s, arguing the move was necessary to keep pace with Russia ...