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Dispute Over Russian Testing Divides U.S. Nuclear Experts (2001) - https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/04/world/dispute-over-russian-testing-divides-us-nuclear-exp
by sehugg 7y ago
Dispute Over Russian Testing Divides U.S. Nuclear Experts (2001)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/04/world/dispute-over-russian-testing-divides-us-nuclear-experts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/04/world/dispute-over-russia...
It's well-known that John Bolton hates arms treaties, see this 2009 op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26bolton.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/opinion/26bolton.html
And this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703618504575459511831427690 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703618504575459...
And this: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659911920/bolton-affirms-u-s-intent-to-pull-out-of-arms-treaty-with-russia https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659911920/bolton-affirms-u-s-...
And this: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/09/26/whats-the-deal-with-senate-republicans-and-the-test-ban-treaty/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/09/26/w...
While the CTBT has not entered into force, a monitoring system has been set up around the world with sensors to detect nuclear explosions, whether they are in the atmosphere, underwater, or underground. Twenty-five of the system’s monitoring stations detected the September 9 North Korean nuclear test.
If your admin is itching to abandon multiple nuclear treaties, I'd like more than a "probably" at a speech at a think tank, given that we have an international monitoring system.
EDIT: Comprehensive thread from @ArmsControlWonk: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1133814684962791424 https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/11338146849627914...