US Energy Secretary: Trump's Planned Nuclear Tests 'Noncritical Explosions'

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Above: U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaks during the 69th annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 15, 2025. Image copyright: Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's nuclear testing directive represents essential modernization to counter adversaries who've been secretly testing for years. Energy Secretary Wright confirmed these noncritical system tests will ensure America's nuclear deterrent remains superior while Russia and China advance their capabilities through covert underground testing that monitoring systems can't detect.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's reckless nuclear testing announcement threatens decades of nonproliferation progress and could trigger a dangerous arms race. His unsubstantiated claims about secret Chinese and Russian testing lack evidence, while experts warn that breaking the testing moratorium would destabilize global security and provide justification for other nations to expand their own programs.

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