On Feb 5, 10:38=A0am, Peter Bruells <user...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> il...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Feb 5, 10:01=A0am, Peter Bruells <user...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> il...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> Is it against the PTBT to conduct nuclear tests in the atmospheres
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> >> >> *other* planets?
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> >> > 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:
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> >> > =A0 =A0 (a) in the atmosphere; beyond its limits, including outer
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> >> > or under water, including territorial waters or high seas;
> >> > or
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> >> > "Beyond limits of the atmosphere" includes the entire Universe.
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> >> > treaty prohibits nuclear explosions even in the Sun.
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> >> Actually it doesn't, since the sun is neither under the juristiction
> >> or control of any of the signatories.- Hide quoted text -
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> > Neither is outer space
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> But the nuclear devices and their launch sites are.- Hide quoted text -
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So the treaty is poorly phrased. In one sentence it specifies "at any
place under [Treaty's signatory's] jurisdiction or control" and in the
next sentence it says "including outer space". The only interpretation
that makes sense is that if you can place a nuclear device at some
location in outer space, than that location is by definition under
your control.
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