Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his officials to draft proposals for a possible commencement of nuclear weapons tests in response to Donald Trump’s vow to resume such activity.
The US president raised fears of an American-led new global nuclear arms race when he said last week he had ordered his defence department to resume testing nuclear weapons on an “equal basis” with Russia and China.
Putin told members of Russia’s security council on Wednesday: “If the US . . . conducts such tests, then Russia must also take appropriate retaliatory steps.”
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