Beijing has been expanding its arsenal, and distrust between China and the United States over nuclear weapons has deepened, with little hope of an agreement.

US President Donald Trump’s surprise directive to begin nuclear weapons testing provoked global criticism on Friday, as it raised the spectre of renewed superpower tensions.

The U.S. military regularly tests its missiles that are capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, but it has not detonated the weapons since 1992. President Donald Trump suggested, however, that changes were necessary because other countries were testing weapons.

President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice – but will it actually happen?

President Donald Trump downplayed the resumption of U.S. nuclear testing for the first time in more than three decades by pointing to other countries that are doing the same.

Putin announced successful Poseidon nuclear drone testing as President Donald Trump urged Russia to end the Ukraine war instead of testing missiles on Monday.

Russia has conducted a second major nuclear weapons test in under a week, as President Vladimir Putin announced the successful launch of the Poseidon nuclear-capable torpedo.