Laws and treaties aren't magic. Countries break them all the time and often get away with it. China wasn't really punished when it blew up a satellite, and I

Laws and treaties aren't magic. Countries break them all the time and often get away with it. China wasn't really punished when it blew up a satellite, and I doubt that was allowed by the treaty. The better question, though, is are there any MOTIVATION to break the treaty? Well there certainly already was motivation for china, I there is certainly motivation for other countries to engage in weapons testing. Especially if they could do their weaponization without being noticed. I doubt that every rocket in the world is checked, top to bottom for weapons.