"In a post to Truth Social, Trump said because of other countries' testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. The post came less than an hour before Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in South Korea on Thursday morning in an effort to come to a trade war truce."
"Since 1998, no country other than North Korea is confirmed to have conducted a full explosive nuclear test. But nuclear-armed countries such as the US have subsequently carried out simulated nuclear explosions using high-powered computers, as well as related nuclear physics experiments, tests of nuclear-capable missiles, warhead mechanisms and subcritical tests of nuclear materials to ensure their arsenals remain viable."
"On Thursday China's foreign ministry told a regular press conference that Beijing hoped the US would honour the non-proliferation treaty and take actions that contribute to regional peace, rather than the opposite. We would like to emphasise that China remains committed to the path of peaceful developm"
Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in nuclear weapons testing, citing Russia and China. He posted that because of other countries' testing programs he had instructed the Department of War to start testing US nuclear weapons on an equal basis and that the process would begin immediately. The post preceded his meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in South Korea. The United States last held a full nuclear test in 1992; since 1998 only North Korea is confirmed to have conducted a full explosive test. The US has used simulations, physics experiments, missile and warhead tests and subcritical tests to keep arsenals viable. Pentagon officials did not immediately respond. China urged the US to honour the non-proliferation treaty and act to promote regional peace.
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