A ghost of the Cold War is rising between the world’s superpowers, just in time for Halloween.

In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin bragging about his country testing both a nuclear-powered torpedo and a new cruise missile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has fired back. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform, Trump announced, “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”

Now, nuclear watchdogs worldwide are wondering what might come of Trump’s pronouncement — and w

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