{"id":53680,"date":"2025-10-30T04:22:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-orders-pentagon-to-restart-nuclear-weapons-testing-on-an-equal-basis-with-other-countries-after-33-year-halt\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:22:56","slug":"trump-orders-pentagon-to-restart-nuclear-weapons-testing-on-an-equal-basis-with-other-countries-after-33-year-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-orders-pentagon-to-restart-nuclear-weapons-testing-on-an-equal-basis-with-other-countries-after-33-year-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump orders Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing &#8220;on an equal basis&#8221; with other countries after 33-year halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington \u2014<\/em> President Trump directed the Pentagon on Wednesday to resume testing of nuclear weapons &#8220;on an equal basis&#8221; with other countries&#8217; tests, possibly ending a decades-long U.S. pause that stretches back to the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came moments before Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-xi-meeting-south-korea-china-tariffs-tiktok\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">walked into a high-stakes meeting<\/a><\/span> with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,&#8221; the president wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115460423936412555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Social<\/a>, using his administration&#8217;s preferred term for the Defense Department. &#8220;That process will begin immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear when or if the military will carry out a test, or what the president meant by restarting tests &#8220;on an equal basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. conducted its last nuclear weapons test in Nevada in 1992. President George H.W. Bush then imposed a moratorium on testing in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnss.gov\/about-the-nnss\/nnss-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Nuclear Security Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/end-nuclear-tests-day\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has not tested<\/a> a nuclear weapon since 1996, and Russia \u2014 or the then-Soviet Union \u2014 hasn&#8217;t carried out such a test since 1990, though Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-putin-nuclear-poseidon-drone-burevestnik-missile-6c0d55d4d1a56e60ce750f8abe5eccab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said Wednesday<\/a> his country had tested a new nuclear-powered drone, which came shortly after a test of a new <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-tested-new-nuclear-capable-missile-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">nuclear-capable and powered cruise missile<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But China has rapidly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/parading-chinas-nuclear-arsenal-out-shadows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expanded its nuclear arsenal<\/a> in recent years, a trend that the Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2024\/Dec\/18\/2003615520\/-1\/-1\/0\/MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA-2024.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expects to continue<\/a> for the rest of the decade.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s meeting with Xi is expected to primarily focus on trade and tariffs, but security concerns still lurk in the U.S.-China relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military is discussing a missile launch this week in a &#8220;show of force&#8221; against recent Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, CBS News <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-show-of-force-chinese-aggression-south-china-sea-trump-xi-meeting\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reported earlier Thursday<\/a><\/span>. 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