Trump directs Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing US nuclear weapons | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has instructed the US Department of Defense to begin testing nuclear weapons on par with China and Russia.
on wednesday Post on Truth Social“Due to other countries’ testing programs, I have directed the War Department to begin testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. This process will begin immediately,” Trump said.
The post came less than an hour before Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday morning to broker a ceasefire in the trade war.
Trump’s letter Wednesday night came on the heels of Vladimir Putin’s statement that the announcement of a nuclear-powered cruise missile test was “not appropriate.” Trump made the comments after Putin said Russia had successfully tested a “unique” nuclear-capable Burevestnik cruise missile, which the Kremlin described as part of efforts to “ensure the country’s national security.”
Earlier in Wednesday’s post, Trump incorrectly stated that the United States has more nuclear weapons than any other country. Russia currently has the most confirmed nuclear weapons, with more than 5,500 nuclear warheads, while the United States has 5,044 nuclear weapons. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
The last U.S. nuclear test, codenamed “Separatist,” was conducted on September 23, 1992, at what is now the Nevada National Security Site. Then-President George HW Bush declared a moratorium on underground nuclear testing that same year.
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