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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/File

Nuclear curveball: Trump's testing plan raises fears, confusion in Washington

Only North Korea has conducted a nuclear test explosion in this century, the last in 2017.

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?

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Top 6 countries that spend the most on nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremonial event to mark the delivery of new tactical ballistic missiles to his country's troops at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 4, 2024 in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons: KCNA

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin on operational issues, including the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict and the continuing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia October 16, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine

South Korean Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik speaks during an interview with Reuters in Seoul, South Korea, August 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

South Korean nuclear weapons would fracture US ties, defence chief says

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File Photo: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS

Putin threatens to restart production of mid-range nuclear weapons

Chairman of the Committee on Defence of Russia's State Duma Andrei Kartapolov attends the International Maritime Defence Show "FLEET-24" in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

Russia could reduce decision time for use of nuclear weapons, lawmaker says

FILE PHOTO: A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military display in the South China Sea April 12, 2018. Picture taken April 12, 2018. To match Special Report CHINA-ARMY/NUCLEAR REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

US, China hold first informal nuclear talks in 5yrs

Swedish lawmakers vote Tuesday on a controversial defense deal with the United States, which critics fear could lead to the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent US bases on Swedish soil. Photo: AFP

Swedish MPs vote on US defence deal amid nuclear fears

Agni 5 missile. Photo: Hindustan Times

Russia and the US together possess almost 90% of all nuclear weapons: SIPRI report

Russia's President Vladimir Putin inspects a military exercise, which tests the country's ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, via a video link from Moscow, Russia October 25, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills to deter the West

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space