Russia tests 'next-generation' nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin says
Russia has not conducted a test involving a nuclear explosion since 1990, the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Putin declined to rule out the possibility it could resume such testing.
A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during the exercises by nuclear forces in an unknown location in Russia, in this still image taken from video released February 19, 2022.(photo credit: Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated: