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Trump says U.S. will immediately 'start testing' nuclear weapons. Here's what to know.

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ... Read More

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters

The U.S. and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Read More

Trump says he wants to restart nuclear testing. Here’s what that means

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to resume testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China on Thursday, a practice halted by the U.S. in 1992. The announcement ... Read More

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with ... Read More

Trump breaks 33-year nuclear testing silence as world braces for dangerous new arms race

President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than three decades has sent shockwaves through both Washington and world ... Read More

How the United States achieved its de facto nuclear test ban—and how to preserve it

President Donald Trump is off on another ill-informed ranting spree, this time claiming that he has ordered the military to resume nuclear testing. In his interview with 60 Minutes last week, he ... Read More

An explosive nuclear weapon test would be harmful for peace and security, CTBTO says

VIENNA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, or CTBTO, said on Thursday that any explosive nuclear weapon test would be harmful for global ... Read More

US may conduct nuclear weapons tests underground at Nevada test site — lawyer

According to Aslan Abashidze, the United States have not retified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, so is not legally bound by the CTBT and retains the capability to conduct underground ... Read More

Explainer-Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese ... Read More