Should India Sign CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)
The article on which this paper is based appeared in "The New York Times" on May 14, 1998 by Paul Warnke that deals with the decision by India to "openly pursue the nuclear option". In 1996, a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was brought before the United Nations for the cause of disarmament and prevention of further production of harmful nuclear weapons. India, which had always advocated the cause of disarmament and had the moral high grounds since it called for global disarmament, was expected to endorse and sign the CTBT. With a broad range of objections, India refused. On the surface India appeared to be against the treaty that promotes disarmament. However, India was successful in outlining valid problems on variety of issues. Paul Warnke proudly states that due to CTBT "none of these five declared nuclear powers should or are likely to resume nuclear testing".[1] But the question is "why should they?" True, CTB
We should keep in mind that France after completing its South-Pacific tests was ready to join CTBT. Even China only after working out their security needs comes to talk about test ban treaty. But for India CTBT would mean to close its options which is clearly unacceptable.[4] CTBT, in fact, would definitely decrease international security for India. Surrounded by two hostile neighbors, China and Pakistan, India has to keep its options open. India has a valid point when it argues that without a disarmament mandate, nuclear regimes would "curb the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states without providing adequate security guarantees."[3] A ban on testing would highly tilt the balance of power in SouthWest Asia with China being already declared as a nuclear power. China already has an estimated 300 warheads.[4] China's arsenal of fully developed nuclear weapon could be threatened with impunity. India has a unique security
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