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President Donald Trump has called for the United States to test its nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades. But Trump’s statements about testing — in particular, whether other nations are ...

President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to resume testing of nuclear weapons last week has experts scratching their heads. What did he really mean – exploding a warhead or testing delivery ...

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop weapons. The country’s ...