Russia gives nuclear weapons tests update
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The development comes after President Trump’s surprise statement suggesting the US would restart atomic tests — for the first time in three decades.
Putin said the small-scale nuclear technologies used in both the Burevestnik and the Poseidon were particularly useful for work in the Arctic and for space travel and, eventually, for building a station on the moon.
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