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Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing

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29 points hackthemack | 2 comments | 30 Oct 25 02:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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r721 ◴[30 Oct 25 02:44 UTC] No.45755881[source]▶
I think he got confused with the terminology - Putin said he tested nuclear-powered Burevestnik, but that's not the same as testing nuclear weapons.
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measurablefunc ◴[30 Oct 25 03:11 UTC] No.45756038[source]▶
Technically it is a nuclear weapon. It uses radioactive material in some non-trivial capacity.
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ggm ◴[30 Oct 25 03:18 UTC] No.45756080[source]▶
I think "technically" is doing a lot of heavy lifting when the nuclear component is an engine. It's like classic geek ratholing.

if a nuclear submarine launches a tomahawk with a non-nuclear warhead is the entire weapons system "a nuclear weapon" in your eyes? Is that a breach of the arms treaties, and breaches "no first strike" posture and invites second strike response with nuclear warheads?

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measurablefunc ◴[30 Oct 25 03:24 UTC] No.45756113[source]▶
I wasn't arguing about semantics. Trump is an idiot but the people who work for him are not as idiotic so they saw the latest propaganda from Russia & decided that the new policy would be the proper response.
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1. ggm ◴[30 Oct 25 05:06 UTC] No.45756623[source]▶
Russia tested a nuclear capable long duration engine and the US response as reported to media is that the WH requested a resumption of nuclear weapons tests. Not nuclear engine tests.
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2. measurablefunc ◴[30 Oct 25 05:24 UTC] No.45756694[source]▶
The public will be happy w/ their response. You're drawing distinctions very few people care about which is why Trump is president & you're arguing w/ random internet strangers about the absurdity of the response.