Russia's measured response to Trump's nuclear testing directive shows responsible leadership amid American escalation. Putin explicitly reaffirmed Russia's commitment to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty while only preparing defensive countermeasures to match potential US aggression. Moscow's approach demonstrates strategic restraint — ordering analysis and proposals rather than immediate testing preparations, unlike America's reckless rush to resume nuclear weapons testing after 33 years.
Trump's nuclear testing announcement threatens to unleash devastating global consequences that will harm innocent populations for generations. Nuclear testing has already caused over 100,000 excess cancer deaths worldwide and created uninhabitable radioactive wastelands in places like the Marshall Islands. Resuming explosive nuclear testing would inflict new suffering on vulnerable communities while triggering a dangerous arms race that undermines decades of nonproliferation progress.
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