President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump said the US would match its rivals in testing nuclear weapons after Russia in recent days announced trials of a nuclear-powered underwater drone and nuclear-capable cruise missile.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has instructed the Department of Defense to immediately start testing nuclear weapons. "Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,

The announcement via social media post came after Russia recently said it conducted multiple nuclear weapons tests.

Just before meeting with China's Xi Jinping, President Trump announced he had directed the Pentagon to resume testing of nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other countries.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to begin testing US nuclear weapons in response to actions by rival countries, an announcement that came moments before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.