While talking to the media on his way to Florida, the president was asked about his previous declarations regarding nuclear tests. Answering the question about detonations of nuclear weapons at underground testing sites, Donald Trump said that “we'll find out soon” and added that the United States intends to conduct “some tests.”.
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The president again emphasized that other countries are conducting such tests, which may be an argument for similar action by the US. However, he refrained from providing detailed explanations.
Trump's declarations sparked a wave of speculation and did not dispel the doubts that emerged after his Thursday announcement of resuming nuclear tests. Vice Admiral Richard Corellnominated by the president to command the Strategic Command (STRATCOM), responsible for nuclear forces, he referred to these words during a hearing in the Senate. Corell pointed out that it is not necessarily about the detonation of nuclear charges, recalling that the last such test took place in 2017, carried out by North Korea, and China made its last test in 1996.
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The vice admiral agreed with one of the senators that the US president's statement may refer to the tests of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, which Russia has recently carried out. American authorities have suspected for years that China and Russia may have carried out low-power nuclear explosions at their test sites, although these allegations have never been confirmed..
Corell also assured that the US nuclear arsenal is fully operational and ready to be used if necessary.
