The nuclear weapons tests ordered by US President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions for the time being. This was stated by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, quoted by "Reuters".
"I believe that the tests that we are talking about right now are systematic tests," he pointed out. "These are not nuclear explosions. These are "non-critical explosions".
The test involves all the remaining parts of the nuclear weapon to ensure they are functional and can trigger a nuclear explosion, said Wright, who is responsible for testing US nuclear weapons.
The tests will be conducted on new systems to ensure that replacement nuclear weapons are better than previous ones, he noted.
Just before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea last week, Trump announced that he had ordered the US military to immediately resume the process of testing nuclear weapons after a 33-year hiatus - a move that appeared to be a message to rival nuclear powers China and Russia.
He confirmed his words a day later, but did not directly answer a question about whether this would include underground nuclear tests, which were common during the Cold War. war.
The United States conducted nuclear test explosions in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and collected detailed information and measurements about the explosions, Wright said.
"With our science and our computing power, we can simulate with incredible accuracy exactly what would happen in a nuclear explosion," he explained.
"Now we simulate what the conditions were that led to that, and when we change the designs of the bombs, what will they lead to?", the minister added.