Detect and Deter: Can Countries Verify the Nuclear Test Ban?

• Main Authors: Dahlman, Ola (Author), Mackby, Jenifer (Author), Mykkeltveit, Svein (Author), Haak, Hein (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Political science.; Science.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Science, general.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

How can countries verify compliance with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and detect and deter violations?  It is in their interest to increase their verification readiness because the assessment of compliance with the treaty rests with states parties to the CTBT. The treaty provides...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Setting the Political Stage
• 2. Monitoring Underground Nuclear Explosions
• 3. Monitoring Atmospheric Nuclear Explosions
• 4. Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in the Oceans
• 5. On-Site Inspections
• 6. Synergy with Science
• 7. Verifying the CTBT – A State Perspective
• Index.