Trump spooked by Putin’s Burevestnik test? US Prez orders Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons

President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “immediately” resume nuclear weapons testing, citing recent tests by Russia and China and claiming the US must match their programs “on an equal basis”; the historic announcement breaks a 33-year moratorium and comes just as Trump prepares to meet President Xi, raising new concerns over arms races after Russia’s Burevestnik missile test and growing US-China rivalry.

 
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