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Why Does Donald Trump Want to Test Nuclear Weapons Again?

The Trump administration’s renewed focus on nuclear issues after decades of neglect is welcome. But America is not prepared for a new nuclear test.
Hydronuclear experiments, barred globally since the 1990s, may lie behind President Trump’s call last month for the United ...
The confusion rattled allies and arms control experts alike. Energy Secretary Chris Wright soon intervened to clarify that ...
The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile will take flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on “the other parts” of nuclear weaponry. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs The ...
Russian officials say they are waiting for an explanation from President Donald Trump about nuclear testing. He hasn't given ...
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 ...
Thousands of nuclear tests have been conducted around the world but, for the past three decades, most countries have stopped.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was ...