, Columnist
Just the Threat of US Nuclear Testing Is Bad Enough
This is just a test.
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Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public attention, the leaders of the world’s two atomic superpowers seem to be doing their best to make the jitters worse.
First, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who’s been breaking nuclear taboos for at least three years, boasted about a (new-ish) torpedo drone and a nuclear-powered (and possibly nuclear-armed) cruise missile. Apparently in response, US President Donald Trump then posted on social media that the US would “immediately” start “testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.”