India, Oct. 30 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he has ordered the Department of War (previously Department of Defense) to begin testing the country's nuclear weapons amid the recent such tests conducted by Russia and other countries.

Noting that the US's nuclear weapons underwent a complete update and renovation during his first term in the White House, Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he "hated" to do the testing again due to their "tremendous destructive power".

However, he said, he was left with no choice as Russia has the second largest nuclear weapons arsenal while China "is a distant third", adding that Beijing will also be even within five years. Trump said that because other countries are testing nucl...