US offers more details on claim China conducted secret nuclear weapons test
South China Morning Post
by Xinmei ShenFebruary 18, 2026
A senior state department official said that the US would resume nuclear tests to match “opaque” Chinese activity, flagging new details about a 2020 test the US recently accused China of secretly conducting, as US President Donald Trump seeks a new trilateral nuclear control deal with China and Russia.
“As the president has said, the United States will return to testing on an ‘equal basis’,” Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Christopher Yeaw said on...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 2/18/2026