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Why is there so much talk about nuclear weapons this week?
North Korea is one potential villain in a fictional movie about nuclear war on Netflix, Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.” It is a “Rashomon”-style thriller about the concept of mutually assured destruction that the filmmakers mean to be a wakeup call for nuclear powers.

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What to know about the recent Russian nuclear-capable weapons testing
A look at past nuclear weapons tests in Russia, China and the U.S.
Trump Declines to Clarify if the US Will Conduct Tests of Its Nuclear Weapons
President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests, as he had seemed to suggest in a social media post this week that raised concerns the U....

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Trump declines to rule out underground nuclear tests
Trump won’t say if U.S. will do underground nuclear testing
Rep. Titus trying to ward off Trump's nuclear test plans with legislation
However, Vice Adm. Richard Correll, Trump’s pick to lead United States Strategic Command, whose purview includes nuclear weapons, said Thursday that neither country had conducted “a nuclear explosive ...

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Kremlin Reacts Cautiously to Trump's Nuclear Testing Remarks
UN rejects ‘disastrous’ nuclear testing after Trump floats restarting exercises

Trump says US will restart nuclear weapons tests, blames rivals’ actions after Xi meeting

Trump orders immediate resumption of U.S. nuclear weapons testing to match global programs, citing Russia and China's advancing capabilities in major policy shift.

Russia's boasting big moves on a couple of nuclear 'super weapons.' Another may be operational soon.

Russia said it tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and torpedo, two of its experimental weapons, in recent days.
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