US President Donald Trump said that Russia and China are conducting nuclear tests, "but they're not talking about it", without specifying their nature, in an interview broadcast today on the American television CBS, Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reported.
"Russia is conducting tests, China is conducting tests, but they're not talking about it", the American leader said.
"We will conduct tests because others are conducting tests. North Korea is conducting tests. Pakistan is conducting tests", he said, adding: "You know, as powerful as they are (nuclear weapons), the world is big. You don't necessarily know where they're being tested. They're conducting underground tests, at great depths, where people don't know what's going on. You feel slight vibrations. They are testing, and we are not. We should be." "What I am saying is that we will be testing nuclear weapons, like other countries are," Trump said, without specifically answering a question about the actual detonation of a nuclear device, which the United States has not practiced since 1992. His Energy Secretary Chris Wright said yesterday on Fox News that these are not "nuclear explosions." "I think the tests that we are talking about right now are systematic tests," Wright said in an interview with Fox News. "These are not nuclear explosions. These are so-called non-critical explosions," he added.
The tests will include all the remaining parts of the nuclear weapon to ensure that they function and can cause a nuclear explosion, said Wright, whose agency is responsible for US nuclear tests.
The tests will be carried out with new systems to ensure that the new nuclear weapons are better than previous ones, the minister said.