Trump declines to say if US will test nuclear weapons
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Trump's plans to restart nuclear testing likely won't produce any mushroom clouds, experts say
After his recent remarks about resuming nuclear testing, President Trump told "60 Minutes" "we're the only country that doesn't test."
Experts say reviving the long-dormant testing program could take at least a year and would cost astronomical amounts for each test
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he expects US nuclear-weapons testing sought by President Donald Trump to stop short of actual warhead tests for now.
China rejects Trump's claim to 60 Minutes about clandestine nuclear tests, as a senior official seeks to clarify the president's plans for U.S. tests.
Russia is testing nuclear weapons, and China is testing them too, you just don’t know about it,” Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday.
The U.S. conducts several intercontinental ballistic missile test launches each year to maintain its nuclear deterrent.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says President Trump's orders to test nuclear weapons will not include nuclear explosions. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests," Wright told Fox News’ “Sunday Briefing. "These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call noncritical explosions.”
Putin announced successful Poseidon nuclear drone testing as President Donald Trump urged Russia to end the Ukraine war instead of testing missiles on Monday.