Trump Orders Pentagon to Restart Nuke Tests

The US has not tested a nuclear explosive since 1992, observing a voluntary moratorium on the practice.

Between 1945 and 1992, more than 1,000 nuclear weapons tests were carried out by the US military.

Russia and China have not publicly disclosed any nuclear tests since the 1990s, but the latter is believed to have conducted secret, low-grade weapons tests in recent years.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to rule out future weapons tests involving nuclear explosions and has recently boasted about nuclear-capable missile and torpedo tests.

The nuclear torpedo, dubbed the Poseidon, is designed to trigger radioactive tsunamis up to 1,600-feet high from hundreds of miles away, according to Russia state media.

Moscow’s nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, meanwhile, has been described as a “tiny flying Chernobyl” and “invincible.”

In the recent Russian tests, however, nuclear warheads were not detonated, only the delivery systems for them were tried out.

On the 2024 campaign trail, Trump frequently referred to nuclear weapons as “the N-word,” because of their devastating power.

The president had also explained that his uncle, late MIT professor John Trump, taught him long ago that ”nuclear is so powerful.”