The United States believes that the Russian Federation does not comply with the moratorium on nuclear test, said the head of military intelligence in the Pentagon, Colonel-General Robert Ashley, Jr. The US, according to his statement, adhere to the standard " zero charge ". "The strengthening of Russia's strategic and non-strategic nuclear forces is possible due to the constant payment in the priority of nuclear development and infrastructure for their production," added Ashley. currently, Russia is able to produce thousands of warheads per year, says the General. The last nuclear test in the USSR took place on October 24, 1990. In 1996, the UN adopted the Treaty on comprehensive ban of nuclear tests was signed by more than 180 countries. However, some countries never ratified the Treaty, and among them the United States. <span style="color:darkgray