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Trump asks Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons
- In a post shortly before a meeting with Xi, Trump ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing in Gyeongju, South Korea on Wednesday, saying `That process will begin immediately.`
- Citing recent Russian tests, Trump said the U.S. has more nuclear weapons than Russia and China, warning rivals are closing the gap after Russia’s underwater weapon and missile tests.
- The United States has not tested explosively since 1992, but it retains the ability to resume tests at the Nevada National Security Site.
- Experts immediately disputed the rationale, with Tom Nichols, retired professor at the U.S. Naval War College, flattening multiple claims from Trump late Wednesday.
- During his first term, Trump sought a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and claimed it included `a complete update and renovation of existing weapons`.
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BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to suggest that the United States will resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in three decades, saying it would be done on an “equal footing” with Russia and China.
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