Comprehensive Test Ban

US essentially axes Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty — Russian diplomat
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS 27 Sep, 08:38

MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. Washington has essentially axed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by refusing to ratify it, Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov stated during a press conference on Friday.

Kazakhstan renews call to permanently end nuclear weapons testing on 70th anniversary of Soviet Union’s first nuclear weapons test
in Editorials on 27 August 2019

Seventy years ago this week, the first nuclear explosion took place at the now shut down Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. A momentous event, its shock waves were felt far beyond Central Asia for decades to come. The successful test of the first Soviet bomb marked the formal launch of the nuclear arms race and the escalation of the Cold War to a dangerous new level.

National Security Science: Earthquake or Nuclear Test?

August 20, 2019 | The Cipher Brief

With ongoing and often frustrating nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea and heightened tensions between nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan over Kashmir, having a clear picture of a nation’s nuclear capabilities and how often they are testing them provides critical national security information.

Oral History Interviews, Jack F. Evernden
American Institute of Physics

6 July 1962: 'Sedan' - Massive Crater, Massive Contamination
CTBTO
Low-yield Nuclear Testing in Russia?
Arms Control Wonk
US Official Accuses Russia of Violating Nuclear Treaty
Vision Times June 12, 2019

“The United States believes that Russia probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the ‘zero-yield’ standard,” Ashley said in a statement at an arms control forum held recently at the Hudson Institute (Reuters). He added that Russia has probably been doing low-level nuclear testing, which violates the CTBT.