The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is a multilateral arms control Treaty negotiated in the mid-1990s which sought to ban all nuclear weapons tests. In October 2023, President Vladmir Putin directed the revocation of Russian ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which Russia’s rubber-stamp Duma promptly did. As early as March 2023, Putin hinted Russia might resume nuclear testing. Much of the media commentary takes Russia’s hedged claim that it will not resume nuclear testing at face value. Putin has indicated that “…if the United States conducts a nuclear test, we will also carry it out.” This apparently will be the bogus political rationale for resumed Russian nuclear testing. In October 2023, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations in Vienna, stated that, “Never say never. Tests may resume under certain circumstances.” (Emphasis in the original), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was more specific, saying resumed Russian n
On April 10, 2012, The Heritage Foundation hosted three technically savvy defense experts to discuss some of technical issues and broader strategic questions that surround the debate over the CTBT.
From Wyatt Technology Oct 29 2021 Dr. Philip Wyatt, Chairman of the Board & Founder of Wyatt Technology has been selected to receive the American Physical Society’s 2022 George E. Pake Prize.