Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s history and that India has taken note of President Trump’s remark.
- In a CBS 60 Minutes interview on November 2, President Trump asserted that Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan have been testing, a claim he used to defend resuming U.S. nuclear tests.
- A senior Pakistani security official told CBS News that Pakistan will not be the first to resume nuclear tests, denying any current testing.
- India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said New Delhi will act firmly at the right time in response to nuclear testing developments.
- No independent evidence has verified any recent Pakistani explosive tests, with social‑media conjecture over April–May earthquakes unconfirmed and Pakistan’s last acknowledged tests dating to 1998.