Timing of US 'First Nuclear Tests' Revealed

Tehran - BORNA - US President Donald Trump announced last week that he had ordered the US Department of Defense to resume nuclear weapons testing, simultaneously emphasizing that the decision was a response to the nuclear testing programs of other countries, including China and Russia, and that the implementation process would begin immediately.

However, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that the weapons testing ordered by Donald Trump last week would not involve nuclear explosions.

Newsweek reported: "The United States military regularly tests its fleet of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, which are part of the nuclear triad along with submarines and bombers equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, several times a year to ensure their safety, effectiveness, and utility in providing strategic deterrence."

Marco Langbroek, a professor at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University in the Netherlands, citing navigational warnings, said: "The US Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test will be conducted between Wednesday and Thursday."

Newsweek added in the report: "The missile is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and is intended to reach the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Central Pacific, along with five designated areas for missile debris."

If confirmed, the flight path will be similar to the previous test launch conducted in May, when an unarmed missile equipped with a single re-entry vehicle designed to carry a warhead traveled approximately 4,200 miles westward after launching from California.

This will also be the second time since September that US nuclear forces have conducted a test, following the launch of four unarmed ballistic missiles by a submarine in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida.

The "Nuclear Information Project" also reported: "The US Air Force conducts several Minuteman III flight tests each year. These tests are planned well in advance, and the Air Force consistently announces that these tests are not scheduled in response to any external event."

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