President Trump has ordered the military to “immediately” begin testing nuclear weapons in response to the growing arsenal Russia and China are amassing, he announced Wednesday.

“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“That process will begin immediately,” the president added.

The US has not tested a nuclear explosive since 1992, observing a voluntary moratorium on the practice.

Russia and China have not publicly disclosed any nuclear tests since the 1990s, but the latter is believed to have conducted secret, low-grade weapons tests in recent years.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to rule out future weapons tests involving nucl

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