India, Nov. 3 -- US President Donald Trump has claimed that Pakistan is among several nations currently testing nuclear weapons, saying this validates his administration's move to resume American nuke testing after over three decades.

Defending his administration's decision to resume nuke testing, Trump said that several other nations - including Russia, China, North Korea, and Pakistan - are already conducting similar tests.

He argued that it was only "appropriate" for the United States to follow suit.

He went on to justify the decision further: "We're going to test because they test and others test. Certainly, North Korea's been testing. Pakistan's been testing."

Trump also claimed that the US does not "necessarily know" where these...