A senior Russian official voiced concerns on Monday that Washington is increasing the role of nuclear weapons in its military planning as part of a stepped-up campaign by the Trump administration to ensure “U.S. military superiority over the rest of the world”. Andrei Belousov, deputy director of the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, told the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee that Russia is “especially concerned” at the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review. – The National Photo: US Navy’s new Virginia-class submarine.