“This has caused shock in the world and in the United States, because many understand the danger of this step, the danger of resuming nuclear tests, which had not been conducted since the early 1990s. But we are monitoring this, observing,” the diplomat said.

According to Nebenzia, Russia must be prepared in case the United States decides to resume nuclear tests.

US President Donald Trump, in response to Russian tests of new cruise missiles and submarine-launched nuclear-powered weapons, declared that Washington is considering resuming nuclear tests, which is a rather serious statement, he noted.

He also remembered the meeting of the Russian Security Council where the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, emphasized that such statements should be taken seriously.

On October 30, Trump announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to conduct nuclear weapons tests “on equal terms” with other countries that supposedly have similar programs.

The president asserted that his country possesses the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, but that China could catch up in five years. Trump added that Russia ranks second in nuclear weapons, and China a “distant” third, but they will be tied in five years.

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