The world just stepped closer to a new Cold War. Days after Vladimir Putin flaunted Russia’s nuclear-powered Burevestnik and Poseidon systems, Donald Trump ordered America’s first nuclear test in over 30 years. A Minuteman III “Doomsday Missile” roared into the Pacific, signaling a chilling new phase in global brinkmanship. As Moscow accelerates its own arsenal, and Washington revives its ICBM program, experts warn the nuclear moratorium may be dead for good. Are the U.S. and Russia on a countdown to confrontation—or another arms race that never ends?