It concerns a region in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, a location on a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and a place in the desert of the American state of Nevada. Images from the past three to five years show new mountain tunnels, new roads and warehouses, and increased traffic to and from these testing areas, CNN wrote.
“We are already seeing a lot of evidence that Russia, China and the United States could resume nuclear weapons testing,” said Jeffrey Lewis, an assistant professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, a nongovernmental organization that works to combat nuclear weapons. Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
According to CNN, retired US Air Force Colonel and former intelligence analyst Cedric Layton came to the same conclusion. “It is very clear that all three countries, Russia, China and the United States, have invested a lot of time, effort and money not only in modernizing their nuclear arsenals, but also in preparing the kind of activities that would be necessary to conduct a nuclear test.” He said, according to CNN.
The news site notes that there is no evidence that Russia, the United States, or China are preparing to conduct an upcoming nuclear test.
