Trump administration moving to beef up nuclear test readiness

Trump administration moving to beef up nuclear test readiness

The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump, seen in this file photo, may be beefing up its readiness to restart underground nuclear tests that have been suspended since 1992, with North Korea's growing nuclear threat and rising tensions with Russia, according to a report published in November 2017 by the National Nuclear Security Administration and sources close to the matter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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