US President Donald Trump caused a stir last week when he announced that the US would resume nuclear weapons testing, just before his summit with China’s Xi Jinping. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, requested that his security council get ready for nuclear tests five days later. Concerns of a destabilizing nuclear weapons race have been raised by the events. Trump has used the claims that China, Pakistan, and Russia were conducting nuclear weapons tests to defend his actions. However, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright stated that the President was not referring to full-scale nuclear testing. However, Trump’s remarks gained international attention, especially in Beijing, Moscow, and Pyongyang.
Nuclear hotspots: areas wherever each nation launches its most lethal weapons
