Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

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.

US president Donald Trump has directed the War Department, formerly the Department of Defense, to restart the testing of nuclear weapons. “Because of other countries’ testing programs,” namely Russia ...

President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume a nuclear testing program that was shuttered during the George HW Bush administration would require spending astronomical amounts of money ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the largest nuclear weapon ever built, a test so powerful it sent shockwaves around the ...

Danny Kemp with Sebastian Smith in Washington AFP Oct 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2025 Updated Nov 1, 2025 President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons, but again failed ...

President Donald Trump has called on US military leaders to resume testing nuclear weapons in order to keep pace with other countries such as Russia and China. "Because of other countries testing ...

Opinion: This op-ed's authors argue that the president's nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America's aging ...

In the face of such facts, Trump changed his story. He said that Russia and China are conducting secret nuclear tests and ...

GYEONGJU, South Korea - President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex ...

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 ...

Regional threats and doubts about the reliability of extended deterrence are pushing technically capable non-nuclear states ...