Nuclear Weapons

Russia's President Putin readies to resume nuclear weapons testing but only if US does so firstRead More

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration’s plans to resume testing of the U.S.’s own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades. Ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week,…

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A serious warning has been issued in San Francisco, California, after officials revealed that dangerous levels of radiation were found near a children’s playground — almost a year after the U.S. Navy allegedly discovered it. The radioactive material detected was plutonium-239, a substance mainly used in nuclear weapons and known…

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks at a meeting. — Reuters/File The nuclear weapons testing ordered by US President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. "I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests," Wright said…

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News / Republic Videos / Global Videos / 'You'll Find Out Soon,' Is Trump Still Unclear On Nuclear Testing, Or Is He Hiding Something? Published Nov 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM IST Show Quick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed US President Donald Trump has reignited global nuclear tensions by ordering…

President Donald Trump said this week that he wants the Defense Department to begin testing nuclear weapons "immediately," but experts say that's wishful thinking. The U.S. has only one location where such testing could take place, an underground facility at the former Nevada Nuclear Test Site near Las Vegas. Preparing…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a baffling defense Friday for President Donald Trump’s directive to resume nuclear testing. Following a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, Hegseth said his agency would work with the U.S. Department of Energy on just how they would carry…

This is an adapted excerpt from the Oct. 30 episode of “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.” Just before his big meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, Donald Trump made a surprise announcement, writing on Truth Social: “I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear…