Arms Control Association launches in-depth resource on the nuclear test ban treaty

Today, the Ploughshares-funded Arms Control Association (ACA) released a new report, "Now More Than Ever: The Case for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty," detailing the case for U.S. ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test  Ban Treaty (CTBT) and announced a new web site, www.ProjectfortheCTBT.org featuring information and resources on nuclear testing and the CTBT.

"Our new report underscores the fact that there is no technical or military reason to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing and advances in test ban monitoring make the treaty effectively verifiable," said Daryl G. Kimball, ACA's executive director, "At the same time, it is in U.S. national security interests to prevent others from conducting nuclear tests, which could allow them to prove new and advanced nuclear warhead designs.  It is past time for the administration to work with the Senate to reconsider and approve the Test Ban Treaty," Kimball said.

 

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