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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was adopted in 1996 by the UN General Assembly. The document was ratified by Russia, but not by the United States and China.

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.

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Published: 1963 Play Audio Archive Story - UPI. President John F. Kennedy and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara are seen meeting in this January 4, 1961 file photo at ...

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 ...

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.

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 world's major nuclear powers haven't tested a bomb this century, but experts worry that may be about to change. Russia is scrapping its ratification of a key nuclear test ban. Here's what that ...