What is Nuclear Weapons Testing?
To determine the effectiveness and other properties of a given nuclear weapons design, the easiest method is a test session. Modern supercomputers in certain countries can model nuclear explosions quite well, decreasing the need for actual tests. Nuclear weapons testing has occurred since 1945, when the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated at the Trinity site in New Mexico. In 1963, the Limited Test Ban Treaty, which was written to slow the nuclear arms race as well as prevent the release of harmful nuclear fallout into the atmosphere, forbade atmospheric, ground-based, and water-based testing of nuclear weapons among its signatories. In 1996, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty forbade all forms of nuclear testing among its signatories, though non-signatories India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons in 1998. North Korea tested a nuclear weapon in 2006, sparking outrage in the international community. The United States is the biggest tester of nuclear weapons, having tested over 1,00
