Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear weapons agreement
A Test Ban Treaty is an international agreement restricting or prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons.
The 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty banned tests in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space.
The 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty aimed to prohibit all nuclear explosions: The Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- mushroom cloudDistinctive nuclear blast formation
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- armsUpper body limbs
arms control · proliferation · weapons · Cold War · Cold War era · verification · inspection · fallout · radiation · moratorium · diplomacy · peace talks · agreement · summit · negotiations · sanctions · global security · compliance
Test Ban Treatynuclear arms race
Nations competing for bombs
nuclear proliferation · arms race · Manhattan Project · Castle Bravo
Test Ban Treatynuclear brinkmanship
Risking war for leverage
arms race · treaty violation · Cuban Missile Crisis · militarization · mutually assured destruction
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