Explainer: What is the Test Ban Treaty and why would a country conduct a nuclear test?

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on October 25, 2023
Russia's parliament has passed a law to withdraw Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The treaty, aimed at reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons, has been signed by 187 states and ratified by 178. The treaty is not legally valid until 44 named countries sign and ratify it. While no country...

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Published on October 26, 2023 -  01:00
Russian President Putin oversees Russian nuclear test drills from Moscow
The upper house of the Russian parliament has voted to rescind Russia's signing of a 1996 international nuclear test ban treaty. The treaty was never ratified by the US, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Iran or Egypt.

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