15 April 2017

News Story: New arms race risk increases as U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan - Russian senator

MOSCOW, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military's recent use of the largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan poses a threat to incite a new round of arms race, a Russian senator said Friday.

"The U.S. test of the new bomb in Afghanistan is an attempt to establish the world dominance with an element of a military threat which may initiate a new round of arms race and increase tension in the world," Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, was quoted by RIA news agency as saying.

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