He quickly asserted French independence by resuming nuclear testing in the Pacific.

"The political reality now is that there is a lot of opposition to resuming testing," a senior Administration official said.

And no binding promise not to resume nuclear testing.

The Soviet Union resumed nuclear testing after a moratorium of three years.

He also said that if India resumed nuclear testing, Pakistan would review its decision to join the treaty.

Some debated whether the intelligence report was a tactic to help clear the way for the United States to resume nuclear testing.

Administration officials have suggested that we may resume nuclear testing.

As a result, Alliance plans to resume clinical testing of Oxygent.

Any proposal to resume nuclear testing would almost certainly lead to a political and diplomatic firestorm.

September 1: The Soviet Union resumed testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.

"We will not abandon the commitments inherent in the treaty and resume testing ourselves," he told the world.

But the report suggests that it might be necessary to resume testing to make new nuclear weapons and ensure the reliability of existing ones.

The officials have also been quoted as saying that the United States may want to resume testing in the future, too.

They want to resume testing this year.

Last Dec. 18, the Russians announced that they would resume testing after the first American test of 1987.

After that, Washington would be allowed to resume testing only if another country conducts nuclear tests.

At the same time, he warned that the United States might resume testing if any other nation detonated a nuclear device.

It instructed the President not to resume testing until July 1, and only after he submitted plans for negotiating a comprehensive test ban by 1996.

For France to resume testing now would be a sign of contempt toward the nonnuclear countries and would further set back the test ban talks.

The corps plans to resume testing on the aircraft in April.