Operation Z machine: China’s next big weapon in the nuclear ‘arms race’ could create clean fuel – or deadly bombs

The Chinese military is building a test facility to simulate thermonuclear explosions on a much greater scale than comparable US centres

Information from the experiments could give scientists a much clearer picture of how weapons perform under extreme conditions

The ramped up research comes as US President Donald Trump suggested earlier this month that the US was involved in a “crazy” arms race with the China and Russia.

“I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable Arms Race,” Trump tweeted early this month.

“The US spent 716 Billion Dollars this year. Crazy!” he added.

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