On Feb 5, 10:01=A0am, Peter Bruells <user...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> il...@[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:
>
> > =A0 =A0 (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.- Hide quoted text -
Neither is outer space
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