Trump defends call to resume nuclear tests

Cites China, Pakistan among countries testing nuclear weapons

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

YOU MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND THEN YOU DON'T TEST. HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? HOW ARE YOU GONNA KNOW IF THEY WORK? Donald Trump President, US

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration's plans to resume testing of the US's own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades.

Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, Trump announced that the US would start testing nuclear weapons on an "equal basis" with rival powers. In an interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell on Sunday, the US president named Russia, China, North Korea and Pakistan as the countries testing nuclear weapons.