CTBT & Nuclear testing

Today, the Ploughshares-funded Arms Control Association (ACA) released a new report, "Now More Than Ever: The Case for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty," detailing the case for U.S. ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test  Ban Treaty (CTBT) and announced a new web site, www.ProjectfortheCTBT.org featuring information and resources on nuclear testing and the CTBT. Read more >>

"It's not an exaggeration to say that much of the nuclear weapons policy for the planet will be decided right here in this state," David Culp, a non-proliferation lobbyist at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, told a Utah audience.  That's because ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) will probably need Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett in order to pass; both opposed the treaty 1999. If the U.S. Read more >>

Daryl G. Kimball, executive director of the Ploughshares-funded Arms Control Association, debunked some of the myths about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) put forth in a recent op-ed by Senator John Kyl (R-AZ). “If Washington fails to fulfill its commitment to join the CTBT," writes Kimball, "U.S. Read more >>

“The second Senate debate on the test ban treaty pits an old way of thinking about nuclear war against today’s totally different threat,” writes Jessica Mathews of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mathews argues that scientists have developed the technology needed to ensure reliability of nuclear weapons without testing.  She added that North Korea’s underground test in 2006 was detected instantly with available technology. “Giving u Read more >>