President Donald Trump announced he is ordering the U.S. to resume nuclear testing, leaving experts wondering what this would entail and how it would be implemented.

Vice Adm. Richard Correll said that Trump's announcement does not necessarily mean detonating a test weapon — noting that neither China nor Russia has conducted a nuclear explosive test in recent memory.

One such expert, former National Nuclear Security Administration acting principal deputy administrator Corey Hinderstein, said even a simple test consisting of setting off one warhead in an underground shaft could cost upwards of $100 million.

In and around Vice Adm. Richard Correll’s confirmation hearing, senators criticized the president's new interest in testing.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Sandia National Laboratories is scheduled to conduct controlled explosives tests on several dates in August. The tests will be done at the Thunder Range test site on Kirtland Air Force Base. Sandia Labs says some residents may ...

A 100-ton explosive test occurred at Trinity Site on May 7, 1945, as a rehearsal for the atomic bomb test. The 100-ton test was largely unnoticed, unlike the July 16 atomic bomb test which was seen as far as El Paso. The July 16 test was initially reported ...