Last updated: 2025-10-30 14:51:46 ET
It is necessary for the US to keep pace with weapons programmes in China and Russia, the president says.
Trump is ordering the US to revive nuclear weapons tests after a 33-year hiatus
Just before meeting with China's Xi Jinping, President Trump announced he had directed the Pentagon to resume testing of nuclear weapons "on an equal ...
'That process will begin immediately'
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.
The president said he wanted testing to occur ?on an equal basis? with Russia and China, just before he met his Chinese counterpart for high-stakes trade talks.
