President Trump said Wednesday he directed the Pentagon to immediately start testing U.S. nuclear weapons for the first time since the 1990s to equal testing levels in China and Russia. “The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.

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

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 President Xi Jinping.

US President Donald Trump, during his just-concluded Asia tour, announced that America will resume testing its nuclear weapons. He made the remarks before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The development comes days after Russia successfully tested two nuclear-powered weapons.

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.

The Kremlin warned Donald Trump that Russia will resume testing its nuclear weapons if the US does the same. Just hours after Russia revealed it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone on Thursday, Mr Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately begin testing America’s own nuclear arsenal.

President Donald Trump downplayed the resumption of U.S. nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades by pointing to other countries who are doing the same.

President Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, ending a 30-year moratorium. Citing the nuclear expansion of Russia and C