ilya2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
>> Is it against the PTBT to conduct nuclear tests in the atmospheres of
>> *other* planets?
>
> Yes: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/BH454.txt
>
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> 1. Each of the Parties to this Treaty undertakes to prohibit, to
> prevent, and not to carry out any nuclear weapon test explosion, or
> any other nuclear explosion, at any place under its jurisdiction or
> control:
>
> (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer space;
> or under water, including territorial waters or high seas;
> or
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> "Beyond limits of the atmosphere" includes the entire Universe. This
> treaty prohibits nuclear explosions even in the Sun.
Actually it doesn't, since the sun is neither under the juristiction
or control of any of the signatories.
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