Trump “presumes” that the United States possesses a secret nuclear weapon that nobody has

“We have built a nuclear weapons system that no one has ever seen in this country. We have things that you’ve never seen or heard of, ”President Donald Trump said in an interview with journalist Bob Woodward.

Journalist Bob Woodward Washington Post A new book, “Rage,” based on taped interviews with President Trump, will soon be published.

“We have things that (Russian President) Vladimir Putin and (Chinese President) Xi Jinping have never heard of. No one has heard of him. What we have is really amazing, ”Trump added.

Woodward’s book said anonymous sources confirmed that the United States possessed a new nuclear weapons system, but did not reveal further details. Sources were also surprised when President Trump revealed this information.

When asked for his opinion, the Pentagon told the news site The hill that the agency will not comment on “an unpublished book.”

James Acton, co-director of the nuclear policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, predicted on September 9 that the secret nuclear weapon mentioned by Trump could be a “low-efficiency” nuclear warhead. Launched from a submarine.

According to the defense news site Task and purpose, the weapon mentioned by Trump may be the W76-2 warhead. This is a nuclear warhead with less destructive power than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Trump has repeatedly “shown” the new American weapons systems. In May, the head of the White House said the United States was building a super rocket that could fly 17 times faster than the fastest flying missile the United States owns. This appears to be a hypersonic missile, and Trump said it had to be superior to Russian and Chinese missiles.

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According to the hill