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Note: due to the ratification of the Partial Test Ban treaty in 1963, every test after that year has been conducted underground. (With the notable exception of
by sbierwagen 13y ago
Note: due to the ratification of the Partial Test Ban treaty in 1963, every test after that year has been conducted underground. (With the notable exception of China, which isn't a signatory, and has detonated a couple nuclear weapons in the atmosphere post-1963.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty
EDIT: China.
- abirkill 13y agoThe vast majority, but not all, I don't think? Wikipedia states that the most recent atmospheric test detonation was carried out by China in 1980, although the reference link appears to be broken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests#...
- sbierwagen 13y agoThis was news to me, but apparently China is not a signatory of the PNTBT.