{
  "id": 11363854,
  "title": "US blast simulation targets China’s alleged secret nuke testing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/us-blast-simulation-targets-chinas-alleged-secret-nuke-testing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:58:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/us-blast-simulation-targets-chinas-alleged-secret-nuke-testing/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Faced with rising great-power suspicions and the challenge of verifying clandestine, cavity-muffled detonations, the US is turning to high-precision subterranean blast experiments in the Nevada desert to strip covert nuclear testing of its technical cover. Last month, the US Department of Energy (DOE) reported that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) conducted an underground,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}