US orders new tests of nuclear weapons system president donald trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that a nuclear explosion was not included.
It’s the first time the Trump administration has made its stance clear since the president said on social media last week that he was “directing the Department of War to begin testing our nuclear weapons on an equal footing.”
“I think the testing we’re talking about now is system testing,” Wright said in an interview. fox News’ “Sunday Briefing.” “These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call non-critical explosions.”
Wright, whose agency is responsible for the testing, added that the planned tests involve “all other parts of the nuclear weapon to make sure they provide the proper geometry and trigger a nuclear explosion.”
Minutes before Trump’s crucial meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, there was confusion over his intentions. Trump appeared to suggest on his “Truth Social” platform that he was preparing to abandon the country’s decades-old ban. Testing a country’s nuclear weapons.
When Trump returned to Washington later in the day, he equivocated on whether he would order a resumption of explosive tests of nuclear weapons, which only North Korea has conducted this century, or call for more conventional tests of U.S. systems capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
he still opaque on Friday when reporters asked him if he planned to resume underground nuclear explosion tests.
“You’ll find out soon,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he headed to Florida for the weekend.
The U.S. military regularly tests missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads, but has not detonated such weapons since 1992. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which the United States signed but has not ratified, has been adhered to by all nuclear-weapon states since its adoption, with North Korea being the only exception.
Trump announces his nuclear test plans after Russia announces nuclear test Tested a new atomic power and nuclear-capable underwater drones and a new Nuclear powered cruise missile.
Russia responded to Trump’s nuclear test remarks by stressing that it had not tested nuclear weapons and complied with the global ban on nuclear testing.
But the Kremlin has warned that if the United States resumes testing weapons, Russia will do the same – an intensification that would reignite Cold War-era tensions.