MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Donald Trump’s team advocates for the resumption of US nuclear tests; Slovakia signals readiness to join Hungary and Czech Republic in an anti-Ukraine EU bloc; and South Korea shows interest in renewed cooperation with Russia on the Northern Sea Route. These stories topped Saturday newspaper headlines across Russia.
Several senior members of Donald Trump’s administration have voiced support for resuming nuclear testing, which the United States has not conducted since 1992. These remarks followed the US president’s recent assertion that Washington should restart full-scale tests, arguing that other countries are allegedly doing so as well. Among Trump’s supporters, there are many who understand that the president was mistaken, yet they still seriously believe the US should resume live nuclear detonations. Experts warn, however, that such a move would undermine global nonproliferation efforts and put international security at high risk, Kommersant writes.
US Vice President J.D. Vance argued that testing should be resumed to ensure the reliability of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also voiced backing for the return of nuclear testing. Nonetheless, the idea has strong opponents, primarily within the Democratic Party. The harshest criticism has come from lawmakers from Nevada, home to one of the main testing sites where more than 900 atmospheric and underground detonations were conducted between 1951 and 1992.
