WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of U.S. nuclear weapons systems have been ordered. President Donald Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that nuclear explosions would not be included.
This is the first announcement by the Trump administration since President Trump said on social media last week that he had directed the Department of the Army to begin testing nuclear weapons on an equal basis.
“I think the test we’re talking about right now is a system test,” Wright said in an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Briefing.” “These are not nuclear explosions. This is what we call non-critical explosions.”
It added that Wright’s agency was in charge of the experiment. It added that the planned tests include “verifying that all other parts of the nuclear weapon provide the proper geometry and cause a nuclear explosion.”
Confusion over President Trump’s intentions began minutes before he was scheduled to hold a key meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. Trump appeared to use his “Truth Social” platform to signal that he was preparing to overturn the decades-old U.S. ban. test of a country’s nuclear weapons.
Later that day, on his way back to Washington, Trump remained silent on whether he really wanted to say whether he was ordering a resumption of nuclear weapons tests (something only North Korea has conducted so far this century) or whether he was calling for a more routine test of a U.S. system that could launch a nuclear weapon.
he remained unclear Asked by reporters on Friday whether he intended to resume underground nuclear explosion tests, he said:
“We’ll find out soon,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday, en route to Florida for a weekend stay.
The U.S. military regularly tests missiles capable of launching nuclear warheads, but has not detonated one since 1992. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty, which the United States signed but did not ratify, has been observed by all states with nuclear weapons since its adoption, with North Korea being the only exception.
In response to Russia’s announcement that it had conducted a nuclear test, President Trump announced plans for a nuclear test. tested new nuclear power Nuclear-capable underwater drone and new Nuclear cruise missile.
In response to President Trump’s nuclear test remarks, Russia has emphasized that it has not tested a nuclear weapon and that it complies with the global ban on nuclear tests.
But the Kremlin warned that if the U.S. resumed weapons tests, Russia would do the same, reigniting Cold War tensions.
