Navigational warnings indicate that the United States has scheduled its first test of a nuclear-capable, but unarmed, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) after President Donald Trump ordered the renewal of testing, according to a Newsweek map.

Newsweek has reached out via email to the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, which is responsible for the nation's ICBMs and nuclear bomber air fleet, for comment.

Why It Matters

Last week, Trump announced on social media that he had ordered the Department of Defense to immediately begin testing nuclear weapons , as Russia and China—the key nuclear rivals of the U.S.—have continued testing their respective arsenals.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright later clarified that the tests will not include actual detonations like those previo

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