Ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: A Bad Idea in 1999, a Worse Idea Today

Publication Date: September 2006

Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Baker Spring

Series: WebMemo

Topic: International relations (Treaties)

Keywords: Homeland defense; pakistan; india; nuclear weapons

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

U.S. ratification of the CTBT would jeopardize the national security of the United States by undermining its nuclear deterrent.