Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

American  

[noo-klee-er test-ban tree-tee, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli ər ˈtɛstˌbæn ˌtri ti, ˈnyu- /

noun

1. an agreement signed by Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. in 1963, committing nations to halt atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons: by the end of 1963, 96 additional nations had signed the treaty.

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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Cultural  

1. An agreement made in 1963 by Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States not to test nuclear weapons in the air, in outer space, or under the sea. Underground testing was permitted under the treaty.

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Pronunciation

See nuclear ( def. ).

Example Sentences

John F. Kennedy’s 1963 address, delivered shortly after the resolution of the Cuban missile crisis and two months before his own assassination, celebrated the signing of the first nuclear test-ban treaty and “a pause in the Cold War,” called for an end to apartheid in South Africa and discrimination in the American South, and proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet mission to the moon.

From Salon

Between 1945 and the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the United Nations has said, more than 2,000 nuclear tests were carried out - 1,032 by the United States and 715 by the Soviet Union.

From Reuters

In the five decades between 1945 and the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, more than 2,000 nuclear tests were carried out, 1,032 of them by the United States and 715 of them by the Soviet Union, according to the United Nations.

From Reuters

Kennedy and Khrushchev were so stunned by how close they came to Armageddon that, in the months after the crisis ended, they took steps toward ending the Cold War—setting up a hot line, negotiating a limited nuclear test-ban treaty, and preparing several other disarmament forums.

From Slate

Current events — the Unabomber’s arrest, the U.N.’s nuclear test-ban treaty, Osama bin Laden’s declaration of jihad against a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia — may or may not have been an impetus.

From Los Angeles Times