00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled a possible shift in the U.S. nuclear policy,
00:06saying the country will resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than three
00:11decades. The surprise announcement came on Thursday, minutes before his meeting with
00:17Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. Trump made the announcement on his true social
00:24media account, saying he had instructed the Department of War to conduct nuclear testing
00:29on an equal basis with other nuclear powers like Russia and China. China has doubled its nuclear power
00:35stockpile over the past five years, from about 300 warheads to an estimated 600, and Trump warned
00:42Beijing could catch up with Washington within five years. His comments came days after denouncing
00:47Russia for testing a nuclear-powered torpedo and a new long-range missile. Trump offered no details
00:53on how nuclear tests would be carried out, only saying the process would begin immediately.
00:59The United States has not conducted a nuclear weapons test since 1992, when a moratorium was in place
01:05put in place at the end of the Cold War. Trump acknowledged the destructive power of nuclear
01:10weapons, but said modernizing the U.S. Arsenal was necessary.
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