Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.
The tower for Icecap, a nuclear test that was nearly ready to execute but never happened because of the testing moratorium enacted on Oct. 1, 1992, at the Nevada National Security Site.
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.