USA will be ready to conduct a nuclear test "for months" in the case of a relevant order of the President, said Wednesday the acting Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for nuclear matters drew Walter.
According to him, in time you can spend "a very quick test with disabilities data collection" if the President ordered you to do this for technical or geopolitical reasons, writes resource DefenseNews.
"I Think it can happen relatively quickly," said Walter.
He said that if we will talk about more serious tests with full data collection, the preparation can take years.
USA since 1992 have conducted no nuclear tests, and does not produce new plutonium cores for nuclear weapons, using the accumulated reserves.
In 2018, the Washington coded data on the number of available nuclear warheads, and the President of the United States Donald trump ordered to upgrade the nuclear Arsenal and to resume production of plutonium pits at 80 Grand a year.
In addition, Washington withdrew from the Treaty eliminating intermediate-and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty), and officially informed about the withdrawal from the Treaty on open skies, the obligations under which will expire in six months. Also unclear is the fate of the Treaty on strategic offensive arms (start-3), which will expire in February 2021, unless extended for another five years.
