Nuclear weapon tests recently ordered by US President Donald Trump would not involve actual nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said.
Speaking to Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing, Wright described the trials as part of a modernization program involving “sophisticated” systems the US has been developing to replace aging components of its nuclear arsenal.
“I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests. These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call non-critical explosions,” Wright said, adding that various components would be tested to ensure they “deliver the appropriate geometry and set up the nuclear explosion.”
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