US Needs Nuclear Weapons Testing As China, Russia, Pakistan Carry Out Trials Too : Donald Trump

New York : Pakistan and China are testing nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump said in an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes. He said Russia and North Korea were also testing their nuclear arms. Trump’s remarks came as he justified his order to American forces to test nuclear weapons after a 33-year moratorium. He claimed that countries possessing nuclear warheads have been conducting tests—they just don’t talk about it. He said China and Pakistan are already conducting covert detonations.

Russia’s testing and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it. You know, we’re an open society. We’re different. We talk about it… They don’t have reporters that are going to be writing about it. He extended the allegation to Pakistan, claiming, Certainly North Korea’s been testing. Pakistan’s been testing. India was going to have a nuclear war with Pakistan. The Prime Minister of Pakistan stood up… If Donald Trump didn’t get involved, many millions of people would have been dead. It was a bad war.

Global monitoring stations detect ground vibrations, which are earthquake-like waves, caused by underground nuclear explosions. However, Trump claimed such tests can be conducted covertly, making them undetectable. If China and Pakistan are indeed testing nuclear weapons, it makes the situation more volatile for India, which not only follows a no-first-use policy but also hasn’t conducted any nuclear tests since 1998.

While Pakistan’s fissile material could fuel up to 200 warheads by 2028, including tactical nukes, it’s China’s advancements—like the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) tested in 2021—that pose the gravest threat. FOBS deploys warheads into partial Earth orbits, evading predictable trajectories and India’s nascent Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) interceptors. Lingering doubts over Pokhran-II’s 1998 thermonuclear test, alleged by DRDO scientist K Santhanam as a “fizzle” yielding just 10-15 kt instead of 200 kt, further erode confidence.

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