Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Department of Defense is moving “quickly” to implement President Donald Trump’s directive to resume nuclear-weapons testing.
Hegseth told reporters during a meeting with the ASEAN Secretary-General in Washington that the directive is a necessary step to ensure America maintains the “strongest, most capable nuclear arsenal” in the world.
Trump issued the order Wednesday night, instructing the Pentagon to immediately begin nuclear-weapons tests “on an equal basis” with Russia and China.
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