The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty may be the next to go. Signed in 1996, the treaty was a major step to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons technology and keeping a lid on the ...

Although earlier treaties outlawed all but underground nuclear blasts under 150 kilotons — equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT — this one would impose a blanket ban on any test anywhere, putting ...

Here's why Russia's latest move is so worrying. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty would put an end to the testing of nuclear weapons. The treaty, which opened for signature in 1996, is designed to ...

In a bid to resuscitate the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which the Senate rejected in October 1999, retired Gen. John M. Shalikashvili will present a report to President Clinton today ...

In the case of a suspected nuclear test, the treaty provides for a consultation and clarification procedure and, if that is inconclusive, an on-site inspection. The verification provisions of the CTBT ...

Test ban negotiations commenced in Moscow during July 1963, resulting in the Partial Test Ban Treaty―banning nuclear testing in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water.

Russia's parliament has passed the last stage of a law to withdraw Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which now goes to President Vladimir Putin for signing.

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, or CTBT, was an attempt under the umbrella of the United Nations to ban all nuclear tests. Adopted in 1996, ...

This treaty is known as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. It prohibits tests of all nuclear weapons. Now, the treaty is not yet in force, but a lot of countries have signed on, and Russia ...

All but nine countries have signed the nuclear test ban treaty, but not every nation has "ratified" it — that is, fully agreed to be bound by its rules. Both the U.S. and China are signatories ...

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty would put an end to the testing of nuclear weapons The treaty, which opened for signature in 1996, is designed to stop the testing of all nuclear weapons.