Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to begin ‘immediately’

(AP) - President Donald Trump has announced that the Pentagon will begin nuclear weapon tests “immediately.”

The announcement came as the president was traveling in Asia, meeting with leaders in Japan, South Korea and China.

There was no indication that the U.S. would start detonating warheads, and the military already regularly tests its missiles and other equipment.

However, the president suggested changes were necessary because other countries were testing their weapons . Russia has announced multiple tests recently.

Trump wrote on social media while en route to Busan that the Pentagon will “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” and “that process will begin immediately.”

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished,