The Minuteman III missile test launch comes after Russia tested its nuclear-powered torpedo and cruise missile, and China showcased its newest ICBMs. It remains to be seen whether the U.S. will carry out additional tests to signal its nuclear capabilities.

President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice – but will it actually happen?

The test missile, dubbed GT 254, successfully landed approximately 4,200 miles away, at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site in the Marshall Islands.

The U.S. conducts several intercontinental ballistic missile test launches each year to maintain its nuclear deterrent.

For months, US President Donald Trump has berated European Union countries for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, saying this helps fuel the Kremlin’s war machine and prolong the war in Ukraine that he has been at pains to end.

Pebbles of X-energy's TRISO-X fuel have begun 13 months of irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory to evaluate fuel performance across operating scenarios and qualify them for commercial use.