Overview
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry called U.S. signals on a possible resumption of testing contradictory and urged Washington to state clearly whether it plans explosive detonations.
- President Vladimir Putin instructed foreign, defense, intelligence and civilian agencies to gather information and submit coordinated proposals on whether to prepare for tests, according to a Kremlin transcript.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there is no immediate start to preparations or deadline set and that Moscow will decide only after fully understanding U.S. intentions.
- President Trump ordered an immediate restart of U.S. nuclear testing procedures, but Energy Secretary Chris Wright said current planning points to non‑explosive system tests, and the White House has not provided further specifics.
- Russian officials noted Novaya Zemlya could be readied but warned full preparations can take months to years, as analysts caution that any return to explosive testing would fuel an action‑reaction cycle; the last U.S. and Russian test blasts were in 1992 and 1990 respectively.