RATCLIFFE AND COTTON CONFIRM EVIDENCE OF \u201cSUPER-CRITICAL\u201d WEAPONS EXPERIMENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. intelligence officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump\u2019s claims<\/strong> regarding secret nuclear weapons testing by Russia and China<\/strong> are accurate, according to statements from CIA Director John Ratcliffe<\/strong> and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c@realDonaldTrump is right,\u201d Ratcliffe wrote on X<\/strong> Monday, citing intelligence assessments dating back to Trump\u2019s first term that indicate both nations have violated the moratorium on nuclear explosive testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a subsequent post, Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)<\/strong> said he had been briefed by Ratcliffe and confirmed that the CIA assesses both Russia and China have conducted \u201csuper-critical\u201d nuclear tests<\/strong> exceeding the U.S. zero-yield standard. \u201cThese tests are not historic,\u201d Cotton added. \u201cThey are part of ongoing nuclear modernization programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The statements come after Trump announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to resume U.S. nuclear testing<\/strong>, ending a voluntary moratorium observed since 1992. The last U.S. nuclear test took place underground at the Nevada Test Site more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBecause of other countries\u2019 testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis,\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social<\/strong> last Wednesday, adding that the process would \u201cbegin immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with CBS\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes\u201d<\/strong> aired Sunday, Trump elaborated that his decision followed public and classified reports of renewed Russian and Chinese activity. \u201cRussia is testing nuclear weapons, and China is testing them too \u2014 you just don\u2019t know about it,\u201d he told correspondent Norah O\u2019Donnell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If carried out, the move would mark the first U.S. nuclear test in more than three decades, potentially reshaping global arms control dynamics and reigniting debates over international non-proliferation commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.S. Department of Defense<\/strong> has not yet confirmed details of when or how such tests might be conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RATCLIFFE AND COTTON CONFIRM EVIDENCE OF \u201cSUPER-CRITICAL\u201d WEAPONS EXPERIMENTS U.S. intelligence officials have confirmed that President Donald Trump\u2019s claims regarding secret nuclear weapons testing by Russia and China are accurate, according to statements from CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton. \u201c@realDonaldTrump is right,\u201d Ratcliffe wrote on X Monday, citing intelligence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[89,62,192,31,63],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s","tag-chinese","tag-nuclear","tag-russian","tag-trump","tag-u-s"],"yoast_head":"\n