Since his attention is on nuclear weapons right now, perhaps he should direct the State Department to start negotiating a follow on to New START and the DoD to abide by the New START limits once it expires in February.

One of the best things the US could do is ratify the CTBT.

To limit new weapons development in China/Russia and other nuclear states, the US must not detonate a nuclear weapon in Nevada – or anywhere else.

Re-starting explosive testing would also be a slap in the face to communities harmed by Cold War era atmospheric nuclear tests, many of whom are still awaiting compensation.

The United States has conducted the most nuclear tests of any nation and has all the information it needs to maintain a secure and reliable nuclear arsenal.

There is no scientific need to test to maintain the US nuclear arsenal. Current science allows the NNSA to maintain the US arsenal and to assess its safety and viability without explosive testing.

If this is about explosive testing, it is very alarming.

The US already does regular missile tests . Organizing the pace and number of tests around what other countries are doing is not a good way to run a test program.

It’s hard to tell if he means explosive nuclear testing or a missile test. I lean toward missile test since that would be the most similar to Russia’s recent test. And, he directs DoD to do the test not the NNSA. Of course, it’s possible he doesn’t know who to direct to do the testing.

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