UN spotlights nuclear weapon states' refusal to ratify test ban treaty at divisive time

With the U.S., Russia, China and other countries that have nuclear weapons refusing to ratify the treaty that bans atomic ...
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Why China's first submarine missile test in 43 years is ringing nuclear alarm bells

China's first publicly known submarine-launched ballistic missile test in more than four decades has raised fresh concerns about Beijing's rapidly expanding nuclear capabilities and its growing ...
The Diplomat

A Return to Nuclear Testing Looks Inevitable. Here’s How to Manage It.

Prior to his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea on October 30, United States President Donald Trump wrote that he has ordered the U.S. military to resume nuclear testing ...
U.S. News & World Report

Head of Organization Overseeing Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Issues Warning to US and Russia

Head of Organization Overseeing Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Issues Warning to US and Russia UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the organization overseeing a treaty banning nuclear testing warned Wednesday ...
UPI

Experts warn explosive nuclear testing would trigger escalation

Nov. 6 (UPI) --President Donald Trump's calls to ramp up nuclear weapons testing last week have put nuclear watchdogs and world leaders on alert while experts say the United States has little to gain.
Science News

Here’s the science behind nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...