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The [[US]] is racing just to stay in place against two peers whose combined [[strategic]] [[war]]heads could exceed 9,600.
The [[US]] is racing just to stay in place against two peers whose combined [[strategic]] [[war]]heads could exceed 9,600.
==""Nuclear testing"==
[[U.S. President Donald Trump]] announced upcoming [[nuclear test]]s on October 30, 2025 saying that other countries—including Russia and China—are already engaged in them, which they were not.
If the [[United States]] or other parties to the [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] (CTBT) conduct [[nuclear test]]s, Russia will take “adequate actions.” This was stated by [[Russian President Vladimir Putin]].
He instructed the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, and special services to prepare proposals on the feasibility of beginning work to prepare for nuclear tests.
At the same time, he stressed that Russia has always strictly adhered—and continues to adhere—to its obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and has no plans to deviate from those obligations.
Defense Minister [[Andrei Belousov]] proposed starting preparations for full-scale nuclear tests in response to U.S. actions. “The readiness of the forces and facilities of the central test site on the [[Novaya Zemlya]] archipelago allows it to be carried out in a short time,” he said.
The head of the [[Russian Foreign Intelligence Service]], [[Sergey Naryshkin]], reported at the meeting that the United States has not yet specified exactly what Donald Trump meant when he spoke about nuclear tests, although Russian [[diplomat]]s had sent a corresponding request to explain.
==The neoconservative perspective==
==The neoconservative perspective==