A look at past nuclear weapons tests in Russia, China and the U.S.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, triggering uncertainty over the decades-old U.S. moratorium on such tests.
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Kremlin: We will test nuclear weapons if Trump does

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.

Which countries have nuclear weapons and how are they tested? What to know

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

Russia Says It Didn’t Test Nuclear Weapons, but Would if the U.S. Did

Dmitri S. Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told Russian news agencies that recent drone and missile tests were not nuclear weapons tests.

Russia tests nuclear torpedo designed to flood cities in ‘radioactive tsunamis’

Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-powered super-torpedo designed to create radioactive tsunamis and wipe out coastal cities

Did aliens spy on our nuclear tests? Study finds signs of UFOs near US sites in 1950s

The idea that nuclear weapons have long attracted extraterrestrials is ingrained in UFO mythology. Now, researchers found a surprising link.

Putin Announces Test of Tsunami-Making Nuclear Weapon

The test comes days after President Vladimir V. Putin announced the previous trial of another Russian nuclear weapon.
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