As Mikhail Ulyanov noted, the US president said that his decision had been motivated by other countries carrying out nuclear tests

"Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately,"…

The testing is necessary to keep pace with weapons programmes in China and Russia, according to Trump.

The U.S. has not conducted a physical nuclear test since 1992 after President George H.W. Bush entered into a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.

Trump orders U.S. nuclear weapons testing amid rising tensions with Russia and China, following Putin's recent underwater drone test.

Trump orders US Defense Department to 'immediately' resume nuclear weapons testing on 'equal basis' with other powers.

Earlier, the US leader said that he had instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume nuclear weapons testing

Trump said he had instructed the Pentagon — rebranded as the "Department of War" — to resume nuclear testing.

Konstantin Kosachev believes that the whole point of these actions by the US and their NATO allies to undermine the system of arms control agreements was to remove the…

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, October 31st

As Mikhail Ulyanov noted, the US president said that his decision had been motivated by other countries carrying out nuclear tests

Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said earlier that Donald Trump’s remark about instructions to the Pentagon to start…