US President Donald Trump's decision to resume nuclear testing has received praise from his Republican allies in Congress.. While Democrats sharply criticized this step, calling it dangerous and reckless, writes The НІІІ.

" We won't get anything out of this, but China may decide to do the same and start testing its own weapons. Then their forces will only increase, and we will not gain anything - it will be a gift for China,” said Democratic Senator from Arizona, a member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee Mark Kelly.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is also on the subcommittee, asked why Republicans don't think about how much money they'll have to spend on nuclear testing.. She noted that the Ministry of Defense often underestimates real costs and promises shorter time frames for the implementation of large-scale nuclear programs. According to Warren, once Congress approves such projects, costs skyrocket and completion dates are continually pushed back.. The politician noted that Republicans should be as outraged as Democrats by the lack of honesty on the part of the Pentagon.

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At the same time, Republicans strongly support Trump. Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator from Idaho James Risch, said that the situation should not be regarded as an escalation. According to him, Kremlin head Vladimir Putin is behaving like crazy and is trying to expand the boundaries set by Trump.

" ) will actually use nuclear weapons, although he is trying to intimidate Trump with these threats. I think Trump meant: I'm not afraid of this,"

The publication also notes that Trump is supported by Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson and Senator Lindsey Graham. Johnson said the president's decision to resume nuclear testing sends a " And Graham, known as one of Trump's closest allies, explained that this directive to the Department of Defense is a response to Putin. In his opinion, Trump is trying to force the Russian dictator to sit down at the negotiating table to end the war against Ukraine.

However, some politicians noted that the president's order was not detailed enough. So Republican Ron Johnson said he would like to better understand what exactly Trump meant when he talked about nuclear testing.. At the same time, he stressed that the United States needs to update its nuclear forces.

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Russia recently completed tests of the Burevestnik cruise missile, which has a nuclear power plant. Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov said that the missile covered 14 thousand kilometers and stayed in the air for 15 hours. In addition, it showed the ability to bypass air defense systems. Trump responded to Putin's statement about the successful test of the Burevestnik. The American leader emphasized that Washington has powerful nuclear deterrents, including “a submarine off the coast of the Russian Federation.”. He stressed that the United States regularly conducts its tests, and Putin should not boast about weapons, but stop the war against Ukraine.

Putin also announced tests of the Poseidon underwater drone with a nuclear power plant. According to the head of the Kremlin, “there is nothing like this anywhere else and will not appear in the near future”. In addition, he promised to soon put the Sarmat nuclear missile on combat duty.. True, this is not the first time he has promised this and there have been practically no successful tests..

On October 30, Trump instructed the Department of War to resume nuclear weapons testing " The last time the United States conducted such a test was in 1992 at a test site in Nevada..

It capped a program that began in 1945 and included more than a thousand explosions in Nevada, Alaska, the Pacific and elsewhere.. Later, after Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, one of the journalists asked the US president: “Why did you change your nuclear plans? The head of the White House ignored her and only said: “Thank you everyone,” after which the media representatives were taken out of the room. It is not yet known whether the president's statement means that the United States will resume real nuclear tests.