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2006-08-31 Science & Technology

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Posted by john 2006-08-31 12:17|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Many activists and experts argue that the tests undermine the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

BS.
These experts need to read the CTBT treaty text.

Posted by john 2006-08-31 12:22|| 2006-08-31 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Tickling the dragon's tail.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-08-31 13:23|| 2006-08-31 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Even if they read it, John, their interpretation would be that Bush is bad and we must stop testing immediately.

Posted by Bobby 2006-08-31 14:28|| 2006-08-31 14:28|| Front Page Top

#4 They will not read the CTBT treaty, because they want to know nothing about it.

It's the same with anti-Israelis: they will not read facts and objective articles about Israel, because they want to know nothing about it.

And the same with anti-Americans: they will not read facts and objective articles about the US, because they want to know nothing about it.

This mindset is the intellectual plague of western leftists: they delight in voluntary ignorance.

Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid 2006-08-31 17:03|| 2006-08-31 17:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm amazed at the rubbish I come across by experts who quote treaties they obviously have not read. Problem is the press is even more ignorant and just reports their nonsense verbatim.

We read that the USA cannot open Plutonium reprocessing plants because that would violate the NPT (a pathethic attempt to justify one of Jimmy Carter's most stupid decisions). NPT says nothing of reprocessing.

Or, Bush is violating the NPT because of his agreement with Indian PM Manmohan Singh. All these experts claiming that transfer of Uranium fuel is not allowed because India has not signed the NPT.
NPT is quite clear.. all transfers of fuel and technology must be under safeguards. Once you have safeguards, the NPT is ok with that.

The CTBT (which the US has "un-signed") bans nuclear detonations. It does not ban subcritical tests (which are impossible to verify anyway).

Posted by john 2006-08-31 17:39|| 2006-08-31 17:39|| Front Page Top

#6 The CTBT does not ban subcritical tests (which are impossible to verify anyway).

The text says that subcritical nuclear test involves chemical high explosives. Is this explosion so small that it can't be uncovered by sismographs?

Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid 2006-08-31 17:48|| 2006-08-31 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes.
Even actual nuclear detonations can be uncoupled so they do not register.

In 1998 India tested 5 devices.
The last three were sub-kiloton tests. They were actual detonations but produced no seismograph record at outside monitoring stations.

Posted by john 2006-08-31 17:59|| 2006-08-31 17:59|| Front Page Top

#8 So it was India that detonated a micro-nuke in Bali?

Or did they make it for the CIA?

Posted by Bobby 2006-08-31 18:41|| 2006-08-31 18:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Well whatare they thinking up anyway.?
A bunkerbusting Thermobaric dirty bomb ?

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-08-31 23:21|| 2006-08-31 23:21|| Front Page Top

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