It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty has expired.
ยฉ U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, via Associated Press
An underground atomic test at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flats in 1955. The last U.S. explosive test of a nuclear weapon was in 1992.
Beijing, Moscow and shaken American allies are seeking new warheads as President Trump ends more than a half century of nuclear arms control with Russia.
ยฉ Doug Mills/The New York Times
President Trump meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska last year.