A Push To Ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty? (thebulletin.org)

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 30, 2015 @09:33AM from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

Lasrick writes: Hugh Gusterson thinks a symposium sponsored by the U.S. Energy Department was the first sign that the Administration is readying a push to finally ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). "Conceding that the earlier drive to ratify the treaty in 1999 ended in a humiliating defeat for the Clinton Administration, [Secretary of State John Kerry] said that "the factors that led some senators to oppose the treaty have changed, so [senators'] choices should change too." The article goes into the technology that has developed over the last 15 years that make testing unnecessary.

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Re:Am I the only one that... by sconeu · 2015-10-30 10:03 · Score: 3, Informative

Atmospheric tests were banned by treaty in the '60s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And how do you plan on dealing with fallout?

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Re:Missing credibility right now by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-30 10:15 · Score: 0, Informative

A 'non-treaty' that has so many holes that people are already debating if Iran has already broken it. The only thing the deal does is makes sure to delay Iran getting a nuke until after Obama (and, therefore, Kerry) leaves office.