US President Donald Trump has revealed on social media that he has instructed the Pentagon (now known as the Department of War) to resume nuclear weapons testing in the United States for the first time in 33 years. According to Trump, the decision to conduct the highly controversial tests stems from a need to keep up with countries such as Russia and China, who he says are becoming increasingly tooled up. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

What Are Other Countries Doing?

Since 1945, more than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted worldwide, with 1,054 of these carried out by the US military. However, the end of the Cold War saw a massive reduction in practice detonations, which essentially ground to a halt whe

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