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Russia: Russian Nuclear Weapon Research Has Outpaced U.S., Russian Official Says A senior Russian nuclear official has said that since the 1950s, when Russia tested its first hydrogen bomb, Moscow has maintained a lead over the United States in nuclear weapons technology, including the development of low-yield “bunker-busting” weapons, The Hindu reported today (see GSN, June 20). “Whereas before 1953 we trailed the U.S. in the sphere of nuclear weapon technology, after 1953 — and to this day — they have been trailing us,” said Viktor Mikhailov, head of research at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center. Center Director Radyi Ilkayev said that despite funding difficulties, Russia was continuing work on developing new types of nuclear weapons. Over the past two years, the center has received more government orders and has hired more staff, Ilkayev said. “The past 15 years have been tough for our nuclear center, but we have never halted weapon programs,” Ilkayev said (Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu, Aug. 18).
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