Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is a 1963 international agreement that prohibited nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater, marking a key step in Cold War arms control and nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War treaty → arms control agreement → international treaty → nuclear test ban treaty →
aimsTo	limit the environmental effects of nuclear testing → reduce radioactive fallout → slow the nuclear arms race →
allows	underground nuclear tests →
alsoKnownAs	Limited Test Ban Treaty →
bindingOn	states parties →
category	1963 in international relations →
concludedIn	1963 →
context	Cuban Missile Crisis aftermath →
depositary	Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
enteredIntoForceOn	1963-10-10 →
fullName	Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water →
geographicalScope	global →
inspired	further nuclear test ban negotiations →
language	English → French → Russian →
negotiatedBy	Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
negotiatedDuring	Cold War →
openedForSignatureIn	Moscow →
originalSignatory	Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
partOf	international nuclear arms control regime →
party	Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
predecessorOf	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty →
prohibits	any nuclear explosion in the prohibited environments → nuclear weapons tests in outer space → nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere → nuclear weapons tests under water →
relatedTo	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty →
shortName	PTBT → Partial Test Ban Treaty →
signedBy	Harold Macmillan → John F. Kennedy → Nikita Khrushchev →
signedOn	1963-08-05 →
subject	arms control → nuclear nonproliferation → nuclear weapons testing →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Missile Scare → October Crisis →	followedBy
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ("Limited Test Ban Treaty") →	alsoKnownAs
Project Orion (nuclear pulse propulsion) ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") →	canceledBecauseOf
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ("Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water") →	fullName
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") →	influenced
United States–Soviet Union relations ("Nuclear Test Ban Treaty") →	keyAgreement
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") →	legalFramework
United States nuclear weapons testing ("Limited Test Ban Treaty") →	regulatedBy
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") →	relatedTreaty
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ("Partial Test Ban Treaty") →	shortName