6 d. ago Russia offers to discuss nuclear test accusations with U.S. in bid to ease tensions

Russia has tested its nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable weapons systems in recent weeks, but rejects the claim by Trump that it secretly detonated a nuclear device

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2 w. ago Trump official signals no U.S. nuclear test blasts planned for now

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he expects U.S. nuclear-weapons testing sought by President Donald Trump to stop short of actual atomic bomb explosions for now. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Duffy said on Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing. “These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we […]

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2 w. ago Trump declines to clarify if the U.S. will conduct tests of its nuclear weapons

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests, as he had seemed to suggest in a social media post this week that raised concerns the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. The president told […]

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2 w. ago ‘No one does that except North Korea’: Trump’s call for nuclear tests brings confusion, concerns

Analysts are unclear if Trump is ‘talking about testing missiles‘ or if he is ‘talking about real tests‘ involving armed nuclear weapons

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2 w. ago Trump appears to suggest U.S. will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

BUSAN, South Korea — 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. The Kremlin pointed out that a global test ban on nuclear test has remained in place, but warned that […]

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2 w. ago Trump orders accelerated nuclear weapons tests after Russia announces trials

Russia has accelerated testing of so-called nuclear superweapons in recent weeks, as Trump’s efforts to broker ceasefire talks with Ukraine have faltered

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