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A mushroom cloud rises with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands in this 1946 handout provided by the US Library of Congress. Photo: REUTERS/US Library of Congress/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?

How many nuclear weapons tests have there been, why were they stopped - and why would anyone start them again?

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile is test-launched from the Ohio-class US Navy ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California, US March 26, 2018. Photo: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump tells Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons for first time since 1992

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov in Moscow, Russia, January 3, 2023. Sputnik/Aleksey Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, and when?

Defense Intelligence Agency Director Scott Berrier testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "worldwide threats," on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2023. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

North Korea doesn't appear poised for imminent nuclear test, US official says

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 19th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, Russia October 27, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS A

Putin blames West for Ukraine war, plays down nuclear fears

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm Held in Ryonpho area of Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province of the DPRK, North Korea in this photo released on February 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Photo: Reuters

North Korea's Kim oversees military meeting amid potential nuclear test