Nuclear Lessons Unlearned
On September 1, 1961, the Soviet Union resumed nuclear-weapons tests, followed shorty by the US. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty, unveiled in 1996, has helped put the genie back in the bottle, but it could easily escape all too easily unless the CTBT enters into force.
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VIENNA – Much of the world marked the 50th anniversary in early August of the Berlin Wall’s construction. But, while that Cold War abomination has truly been consigned to history’s dustbin, September 1 marks another 50th anniversary, one that resonates far more directly today.