Russian President Putin hints at nuclear testing after Trump’s claims, orders officials to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted on Wednesday that nuclear tests could be carried out if the United States does the same. Putin’s approval of Russia’s nuclear tests came in response to US President Donald Trump’s statement made weeks ago that nuclear tests would continue. The statement of the Russian President came at the Security Council meeting in Moscow. To advance his plan, he asked officials from Russia’s defense and foreign ministries and security services to “collect information on this issue” and “give recommendations on the possible launch of preparatory work for nuclear weapons tests.”

The Russian President oversaw the testing of Russia’s land, sea and air strategic nuclear arsenal to closely monitor readiness and command structure. “The so-called modernity of our nuclear deterrent forces is at the highest level,” Putin said, which was higher than all other nuclear powers.

Another development is that, according to the news in the official media, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has started to develop new generation nuclear-powered cruise missiles. Speaking at an awards ceremony for weapons developers at the Kremlin, Putin said the speed of the new generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles “will be more than three times the speed of sound and will become hypersonic in the future,” according to TASS.

A few minutes before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Donald Trump, via a social media post, instructed the Pentagon to begin nuclear tests “on an equal basis” and stated that the process would “begin immediately”.

Speaking of nuclear testing, North Korea is the only country to conduct a nuclear test explosion in the 21st century, with the last one occurring in 2017.