On Monday, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that a “new era of nuclear weapons” had begun after the United States announced plans for new nuclear weapons tests last week.
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AFP reports: Stubb said that the "logic of deterrence" and "strategic stability between the superpowers" are undergoing a transformation.
"Unfortunately, the significance of nuclear weapons has been increasing, and we have entered a new era of nuclear weapons," Stubb said in a speech in Helsinki.
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would begin testing nuclear weapons, raising questions about whether the country would conduct its first nuclear explosion since 1992.
This announcement followed Russia's claim that it had tested a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik, as well as a nuclear-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone.
No country other than North Korea has conducted a nuclear detonation in decades.
Russia and China have not carried out such tests since 1990 and 1996, respectively.
On Sunday, Trump alleged that countries, including Russia and China, have conducted underground nuclear tests unknown to the public and that the United States would follow suit.
“How can we build deterrence together? How can we control escalation?" Stubb said these are questions that a small country like Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia, now needs to consider with its allies.
After decades of military nonalignment, the Nordic country joined the U.S.-led NATO military alliance in 2023 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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