Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
In: Defense, Security and Strategies
Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban -- Treaty: Background -- and Current Developments( -- Summary -- Most Recent Developments -- History -- National Positions on Testing and the CTBT -- The North Korean Nuclear Tests -- The October 2006 Nuclear Test -- The May 2009 Nuclear Test -- Other North Korean Tests? -- The CTBT: Negotiations, Provisions, Entry -- into Force, CTBTO Budget -- CTBT Negotiations and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- Key Provisions of the CTBT -- International Efforts on Behalf of Entry into Force -- Budget of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission -- Stockpile Stewardship -- CTBT Pros and Cons -- The National Academy of Sciences Study and Its Critics -- Chronology -- For Additional Reading -- Appendix. Chronology, 1992-2009 -- End Notes -- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Issues and Arguments( -- Summary -- Introduction -- Can the United States Maintain Deterrence -- Under the CTBT? -- Can the United States Maintain the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise -- Without Testing? -- Can the United States Maintain Existing Warheads without Testing? -- Does Deterrence Require New Warheads That Must Be Tested? -- Do U.S. Warheads Require New Surety Features? Is Nuclear Testing Needed to Add Them? -- Does the Treaty Provide Adequate Protection -- Against Cheating? -- What Does the Treaty Ban? -- How Capable Is the CTBT Monitoring Regime? -- Monitoring Systems and Methods -- Seismic Technology -- Contending Views -- Detection of Radioactive Gases -- Detection of Radioactive Particles -- Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) -- Detecting Collateral Evidence -- On-Site Inspections (OSIs): Procedural Aspects -- OSIs: Technical Aspects -- Additional Evasion Scenarios -- Testing Without Attribution -- Evading Multiple Sensors