The United States called the idea of testing nuclear weapons dangerous

The initiative of US President Donald Trump to resume nuclear testing has faced sharp criticism from experts. On October 30, the head of the American Association for Nuclear Arms Control, Darrell Kimball, in an interview with Izvestia, called this idea dangerous and ambiguous.

As the expert noted, first it is necessary to understand what exactly Trump means: full-fledged tests of a nuclear charge or only accelerated tests of ballistic missiles.

Kimball stressed that preparations for an underground nuclear explosion at a test site in Nevada can take up to three years and will require enormous financial costs. In addition, such a decision is almost certain to provoke mass protests in the country. The expert expressed the hope that Congress would require the president to provide a clear justification for such a radical step.

"Before the United States could conduct an underground nuclear test explosion, it would take many stages and significant investments," Kimball said.

A separate danger, according to Kimball, is the possibility of an explosion at an unprepared site, which would lead to a large-scale scandal and violate existing safety standards.

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Earlier in the day, the representative of the European Commission, Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, called on the United States to strictly comply with its international obligations on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons after the announcement of the resumption of testing. She stressed that these obligations are enshrined in the comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban and non-proliferation treaties, and the appeal concerns not only the United States, but also Russia.

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