US President Donald Trump don talk say im don give order to di Pentagon make dem start nuclear weapons testing wey go match wetin China and Russia dey do — just few minutes before im begin one important meeting wit Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Di move wey happen on Thursday follow di announcement wey Russian President Vladimir Putin make di day before, say Moscow don successfully test one nuclear-powered underwater drone wey fit carry nuclear weapon, even as Washington don dey warn dem.
“Because other countries dey do testing programs, I don tell Department of War make dem start to dey test our Nuclear Weapons on di same level,” Trump write for social media.
Trump still talk say United States get more nuclear weapons pass any other country, and im praise im own effort to “do complete update and renovation of di weapons wey we get already.”
Im add say, “Russia dey second, and China dey far for third position, but dem go catch up within five years.”
Di International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) talk say nine countries get nuclear weapons: Russia, di United States, China, France, di United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea.
Trump no give details about di kind testing wey dem wan do, but im talk say di process go “start immediately.”
‘No way to intercept’
Putin announce on Wednesday say dem don successfully test one nuclear-powered underwater drone wey fit carry nuclear weapon, di second weapons test wey dem do within days.
For one TV broadcast from military hospital wey dey treat Russian soldiers wey wound for Ukraine, Putin talk say di unmanned drone torpedo wey dem call “Poseidon” no get way wey anybody fit intercept am.
Im talk say Poseidon fit move faster pass normal submarines, dive go deep and reach any continent for di world.
After di first test of cruise missile on Sunday, Trump tell Putin make im stop di war for Ukraine “instead of testing missiles.”
Last week, di planned meeting between Trump and Putin for Budapest no happen again.
Between 1945 — when dem do di first atomic bomb test for New Mexico on July 16 — and 1992, United States don do 1,054 nuclear tests and dem don use nuclear weapon two times for Japan during World War II.
Di last US nuclear test explosion happen for September 1992, with one 20-kilotonne underground detonation for Nevada Nuclear Security Site.
For October 1992, di President that time, George H.W. Bush, put moratorium on further tests, and di presidents wey come after am continue di ban. Dem replace nuclear testing with non-nuclear and subcritical experiments wey dey use advanced computer simulations.
