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Trump admin has looked at conducting first US nuclear test since '90s citing threat from Russia, China: report

Trump admin has looked at conducting first US nuclear test since ’90s citing threat from Russia, China: report

Members of the Trump administration have explored conducting the first U.S. nuclear test since 1992 in a move that would mark a reversal from a decades-long freeze on such tests.

A senior administration official and two former officials familiar with the deliberations told The Washington Postthat discussions were held at a meeting of senior officials from the top national security agencies last…

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North Korea 'nuclear bomb test': Mushroom cloud photos do not show detonation of thermonuclear weapon

Photos of apocalyptic explosions and huge mushroom clouds being shared online following North Korea’s claim to have tested a hydrogen bomb actually show experiments carried out by other countries, it has emerged. People gathered around television screens at a railway station in Seoul to watch the report as their government vowed to penalise its neighbour and defend itself and the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting. The US Geological Survey registered a 5.1 magnitude tremor near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site at around shortly after 10am local time, when North Korea said the bomb was detonated. (source: Independent) How it works?