UN spotlights nuclear weapon states' refusal to ratify test ban treaty at divisive time

With the U.S., Russia, China and other countries that have nuclear weapons refusing to ratify the treaty that bans atomic ...
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Why China's first submarine missile test in 43 years is ringing nuclear alarm bells

China's first publicly known submarine-launched ballistic missile test in more than four decades has raised fresh concerns about Beijing's rapidly expanding nuclear capabilities and its growing ...
The Diplomat

A Return to Nuclear Testing Looks Inevitable. Here’s How to Manage It.

Prior to his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on October 30, United States President Donald Trump wrote that he has ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing ...
Washington Examiner

America’s bombshell claim that China is secretly testing next-gen nukes alarms arms control advocates

A BOMBSHELL ACCUSATION: When President Donald Trump announced last October that he was ordering the Pentagon to “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons on an equal basis,” with “other countries” ...
Washington Post

Trump’s ill-defined nuclear test threat compels a response from Putin

President Donald Trump’s vague order to resume nuclear weapons testing has prompted Russia to say it will explore doing so, too, an unsettling development that harks back to the Cold War-era arms ...
Science News

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...
Boston Herald

Russia and the US threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. Here is why it matters

VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say ...