Russia Warns It Will Resume Nuclear Testing If US Does First
☢️ DETERRENCE — Russia's testing warning lands while Iran's nuclear talks are live. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Moscow's signal targets Washington's modernization hawks, but shrapnel hits global nonproliferation architecture. IAEA safeguards rest on a moratorium no one formally signed — Russia resuming detonations collapses the compliance logic Tehran uses mid-negotiation. Hardliners get an exit ramp the moment the NPT framework visibly fractures.