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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States would immediately resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than three decades, citing increased capabilities of Russia and China over the next five years as justification for ending a 33-year moratorium that began in 1992.
The announcement came minutes before Trump’s scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a transcript of an ABC News broadcast. Trump made the declaration via his Truth Social platform, marking a significant departure from decades of U.S. nuclear policy and international nonproliferation norms.
The United States last conducted a nuclear weapons test in 1992, according to the broadcast transcript. The decision to resume testing represents a major shift in American defense strategy and could trigger renewed nuclear arms competition among major powers.
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