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Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting

Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the president threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” with other countries.

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A test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in September.
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Burevestnik Nuclear Missile Tests Successful, Russia Says

Because of its power source, the Burevestnik can remain airborne far longer than other nuclear-armed missiles.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage in August, when he met with President Trump.
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