Overview
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called President Donald Trump's comments on nuclear testing unequivocal and said the United States would test nuclear weapons in the very near future.
- The remarks were given to Rossiya 1 journalist Pavel Zarubin and published by RIA Novosti on November 9.
- RIA Novosti reported that Trump earlier said he ordered U.S. nuclear tests to be conducted on par with other countries that allegedly have such programs.
- Peskov rejected characterizations of recent Burevestnik and Poseidon trials as nuclear tests, calling such assessments extremely superficial and incorrect.
- He said the systems use a nuclear power unit as an engine and emphasized that this does not constitute a nuclear explosion.