At the Edge of New Nuclear Weapons Race - TheIndianHawk

At the Edge of New Nuclear Weapons Race - TheIndianHawk

At The Edge Of New Nuclear Weapons Race : In mid-April, a report gave by the United States State Department on "Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (Compliance Report)" raised worries that China may be directing atomic tests with low yields at its Lop Nur test site, infringing upon its Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) endeavors. The US study also claims that Russia has directed atomic weapons experiments that resulted in an atomic yield and were in violation of the CTBT's 'zero yield' agreement, but it is unclear how many of these investigations were conducted. Russia and China have denied the US assertions, but with rising tensions among major forces, the report might signal the start of a new nuclear arms race, which would also put a stop to the demolition of the CTBT, which was signed in 1996 but has yet to take effect after 25 years. What does C.T.B.T. Boycott Mean? For a long tim…