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Putin ordered officials to prepare plans for nuclear weapons tests after Trump suggested the U.S. might resume atomic tests for the first time in decades.

Russia will only restart nuclear tests if the U.S. does first, Putin said, but ordered officials to analyze Washington’s true intentions and prepare accordingly.

Despite Putin’s insistence that Russia will only test if the U.S. does first, military officials are already preparing to resume tests at Arctic sites.

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials on Wednesday to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests in response to President Trump’s statements last week that appeared to suggest the

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