MOSCOW. Aug 29 (Interfax) - The subcritical nuclear test conducted by the United States in May 2024 demonstrates Washington's intention to "scare" Russia, Foreign Intelligence Service head Sergei Naryshkin said.
"Once again, just like decades ago, the United States is trying to upset the balance of the international security system, believing in its impunity. Washington has withdrawn from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Iran nuclear deal and has been refusing to meet obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty," Naryshkin said at a conference on the 75th anniversary of testing the first domestic nuclear bomb, RDS-1, on Thursday.
"A no less disquieting circumstance is the subcritical nuclear experiment conducted by the United States in an underground laboratory at the Nevada nuclear test range on May 14 this year," he said.
"The experiment was not a full-fledged nuclear test and formally did not breach the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty or the U.S. nuclear test moratorium. At the same time, it clearly indicates the U.S. readiness to demonstrate the nuclear stick that U.S. President Harry Truman tried to scare the leadership of the Soviet Union with in 1945. It was a failure back then, and will fail again now," Naryshkin said.