Nuclear Test Bans
| DOI | 10.1177/002234338702400201 |
| Published date | 01 June 1987 |
| Date | 01 June 1987 |
| Author | Allan M. Din |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Focus
On
Nuclear
Test
Bans
ALLAN
M.
DIN
Stockholm
International
Peace
Research
Institute
ISSN
0022-3433
Journal
of
Peace
Research,
vol.
24,
no.
2,
1987
1.
The
Search
for
a
Comprehensive
Test
Ban
The
recent
discussions
on
drastic
reductions
in
nuclear
arsenals
and
the
Soviet
mora-
torium
on
nuclear
tests
have both
focused
new
attention
on
the
role
of
test
bans
in
curtailing
the
nuclear
arms
race
and
in
pro-
moting
nuclear
disarmament.
Historically,
the
search
for
a
comprehensive
test
ban
(CTB)
on
nuclear
explosions
has
unfor-
tunately
turned
out
to
produce
concrete
measures
which
appropriately
may
be
char-
acterized
as
’too
little,
too
late’.
It
appears
that
nuclear
testing
by
the
superpowers
always
managed
to
adapt
adroitly
to
military
needs
as
well
as
to
pressure
by
public
opinion.
Fig.
1
shows
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
total
numbers
of
nuclear
explosions
performed
by
the
United
States
and
the
Soviet
Union
during
the
past
42
years.
The
extensive
atmospheric
testing
which
started
to
build
up
after
the
mid-fifties
gave
rise
to
much
public
concern
about
the
Fig.
1.
Amencan
and
Soviet
Nuclear
Explosions,
1945-1986
Source:
SIPRI
Yearbook
1986
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