US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years, Trump says

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00:00US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will resume testing nuclear weapons

00:04for the first time in three decades.

00:06Trump said the move was necessary and that testing would be on equal basis with Russia

00:10and China.

00:12In a post on True Social, he said, because of other countries' testing programs, I have

00:17instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons.

00:21He added that the process will begin immediately.

00:24White House and Pentagon officials did not offer immediate clarity about the announcement.

00:29Trump's decision comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin this week announced that Moscow

00:33tested a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone and a new cruise missile.

00:39Putin did not announce any tests of Russia's nuclear weapons, the last test of which occurred

00:44in 1990.

00:46North Korea also recently announced its own missile testing.

00:49In 2023, Putin signed a bill revoking Russia's ratification of the Global Nuclear Test Ban.

00:55The 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the CTBT, prohibits all nuclear explosions worldwide,

01:03but never was ratified by the US Senate.

01:06Russia said in 2023 it would only resume tests of its nuclear weapons if Washington did it first.

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