LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada officials on Thursday vowed to oppose any efforts to restart nuclear testing in the state, saying it's unnecessary and could start another arms race.

The comments came in response to President Donald Trump, who said just before a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday that he wants an immediate resumption of testing .

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“Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” he said in a post on his Truth Social site. “That process will begin immediately.”

The U.S. conducted above-ground and

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