Trump says US to resume nuclear weapons tests, backs S Korean nuclear sub!
United States President Donald Trump says he has ordered the Department of Defense to “immediately” resume nuclear weapons testing on an “equal basis” with other nuclear-armed powers. The US leader also said on Thursday that he gave ally South Korea the green light to build its own nuclear-powered submarine after successful trade negotiations with
his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung. Writing on his Truth Social platform shortly before his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the South Korean city of Busan, Trump said that while the US has “more Nuclear Weapons than any other country”, China “will be even within 5 years”. Trump added that he ordered the resumption due to “other countries [nuclear] testing programs”. “I have instructed the Department of War [Department of Defense] to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately,” he wrote. It was not immediately clear whether Trump meant flight testing of nuclear-capable missiles or nuclear-explosive testing, which would be carried out by the National Nuclear Safety Administration.