The Center for Security Policy

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty proposes to make nuclear testing illegal under international law. In the following viewpoint, the Center for Security Policy contends that the test ban is unenforceable and will do nothing to deter nuclear proliferation. Furthermore, the organization asserts, the United States depends on nuclear testing to maintain the safety and effectiveness of its nuclear arsenal. The Center for Security Policy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that examines and comments on all aspects of security policy, especially issues relating to the foreign, defense, economic, and technological interests of the United States.

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1. What example does the author provide of the nuclear test ban’s unverifiability"

2. What will prevent the nuclear test ban from being enacted globally, according to...