US President Donald Trump today ordered the US military to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons, for the first time in 33 years, minutes...

US President Donald Trump has said he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia, just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump, ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday in South Korea, said he has instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons on an “equal basis” with other nuclear powers.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would accelerate its nuclear weapons testing, after Russia announced trials of a nuclear-powered underwater drone and nuclear-capable cruise missile.

This apparently significant change in US policy comes days after the US president denounced Russia for testing a nuclear-powered missile.

Any future U.S. test likely would take place in Nevada at the testing sites, but a lot of work likely would need to go into the sites to prepare them given it’s been over 30 years since the l...

US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has directed the Pentagon to immediately restart nuclear weapons testing, citing the need to match the capabilities of Russia and China as he prepared…

BUSAN, South Korea: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Oct 30) ordered the US military to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons, for the first time in 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the military to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons, minutes before a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

It was not clear whether US president, who made declaration ahead of meeting China's Xi, was referring to nuclear-explosive testing or flight testing of nuclear-capable missiles

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” he said in a post on Truth Social. “...

US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, a move he described as necessary to match the actions of Russia and China. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return from South Korea, following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said it was now the “appropriate” time for the US to restart testing on an “equal basis” with other nuclear powers.

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

President Donald Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. There was no indication the U.S. would start detonating warheads, but the president offered few details about what…

New submitter hadleyburg writes: President Trump has directed the Department of War to restart nuclear weapons testing. The directive appears to be a counter measure to rival nations catching up with the US. The last US nuclear test was an underground test, on September 23, 1992, in Nevada....

It is unclear whether United States President Donald Trump was referring to testing weapons systems -- which the country already does -- or actually conducting nuclear explosions.

U.S. President Donald Trump landed back in Washington Thursday after a surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing that raised the specter of renewed superpower tensions. The announcement on social media was issued just before Trump -- who boasts frequently about being a peace president -- went into a summit…

The president’s ambiguity on nuclear testing is worrisome not only because America’s public can’t know what he means, but because America’s adversaries don’t.

Donald Trump announces United States will resume nuclear weapons testing after 33 years to match Russia and China programs, sending shockwaves through Washington.

President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons tests after a three-decade-long pause, and do so on an “equal basis” with other countries—namely Russia and China—who are carrying out such testing programs. In a post made on Truth Social, shortly before his face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said: “Because of other countries' testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.” The post noted that “this process will begin immediately,” although the president didn’t mention what types of nuclear weapons tests would be carried out. The president noted that Russia has the second largest number of nuclear warheads, and China is “a distant third, but will be even within 5 years,” signaling that the “equal basis” comment was directed at these two countries. How many nuclear warheads do the U.S., Russia and China have? According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual yearbook published…

Moscow on Thursday sought to cool rising nuclear tensions with Washington, after two tests of new Russian nuclear-capable weapons systems prompted US President Donald Trump to order his own nuclear tests.

It’s unclear what kinds of tests he ordered and how Nevada — home of the nation’s nuclear stockpile — would be affected.

Trump ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear weapons testing. Why were they stopped and why restart now? What to know.