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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Save Ourselves from Ourselves
Robert O’Brien, Trump’s fourth former National Security Advisor in Project 2025 and in Foreign Affairs magazine, wrote the U.S. should withdraw from the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban ...
Earthquakes Could Be Hiding Secret Nuclear Tests, Say Seismologists
Under the terms of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty all nuclear explosions are prohibited whether for military or peaceful purposes.
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Cold War-era nuclear sensors could become Earth guardians to hunt space debris
But these acoustic ears aren’t just tuned to nuclear detonations. The sensors also detect the explosive sounds generated by ...
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Sensors designed to detect nuclear detonations can help track space debris falling to Earth
These detectors, part of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) detection network, also pick up the ...
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Russian parliament following Putin's orders revoked ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, on Tuesday voted in favor of withdrawing the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
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US May Have Given Russia Green Light to Test Nuclear Weapons
The tests were conducted hours after members of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, voted to withdraw ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits ...
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Russian forces simulate nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty
The bill to end ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, approved in the lower house last week, will now be sent to Putin for final approval. Putin has said that revoking Russia ...
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Russian lawmakers vote to scrap ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
The lower house, the State Duma, on Wednesday passed the second and third readings of a bill that revokes Russia’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Both were ...
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UN expresses concerns over North Korea nuclear and ballistic missile testing
A UN official raised concerns on Wednesday over North Korea’s 'troubling pattern' of weapons testing, including ...
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World's most sensitive earthquake detector recorded the 4.1 magnitude earthquake that shook parts of East Tennessee
The seismic station is monitored 24/7 and transmits to organizations like the Department of Defense and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Benjamin Vananda's family opened the ...
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Explainer: What is the nuclear test ban treaty and why is Russia changing its position?
Russia's parliament has begun voting on withdrawing Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The treaty, which aims to ban nuclear tests, has been signed by 187 ...
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What is the Doomsday clock? Why did it move closer to global catastrophe? What it means
Russia has suspended compliance with the New START treaty and withdrawn ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. China is rapidly increasing its nuclear arsenal. And, the US has ...