Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to ...

Was President Trump’s recent directive to resume U.S. nuclear testing — after a hiatus of 33 years — an actual policy decision? Or was it a political stunt to project toughness? His surprise ...

The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

"We've halted many years ago, but with others doing testing I think it's appropriate to do so," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One. Experts say that the resumption of testing would be a ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would revive nuclear weapons testing — which the U.S. has not done since 1992 — left experts, lawmakers and military personnel scratching their ...

America’s last nuclear detonation was nothing special. Smaller than the bomb that killed 73,000 people in Nagasaki, it exploded 1,397 feet below the Nevada desert. It shook the ground, created a ...

President Trump's comments about restarting weapons tests are not likely to lead to mushroom-cloud explosions over the New Mexico desert or seismic shaking underground in Nevada, according to the ...

In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global nuclear arms ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Putin ordered officials to prepare plans for nuclear weapon testing after Trump suggested the U.S. might resume ...

President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...