The Argument For a Hypersonic Missile Testing Ban 322
Lasrick writes Mark Gubrud has a fascinating piece arguing for the U.S. to lead the way in calling for a ban on the testing of hypersonic missiles, a technology that the U.S. has been developing for decades. China has also started testing these weapons, which proponents optimistically claim would not be used to deliver nuclear weapons. Russia, India, and a few other countries are also joining in the fray, so a ban on testing would stop an arms race in its tracks. The article discusses the two types of hypersonic technology, and whether that technology has civilian applications.
The Did Try To Ban War (Score:2, Informative)
It was called the Kellogg-Briand Pact [battleswarmblog.com]. "The High Contracting Parties solemly declare in the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it, as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another."
How well did that work out?
It was signed in 1928. Good thing there have been no wars since then...
Re:stopping who? (Score:3, Informative)
And, yet again, that is PRECISELY what happened when Eisenhower signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the Soviet Union.
We knew IMMEDIATELY when the Soviets abrogated the treaty. They set off a whole slew of very dirty atmospheric test shots.
The treaty DIDN'T stop them from doing the tests.
Fear of detection of their cheating DIDN'T stop them from cheating.
Re:stopping who? (Score:5, Informative)
The 1958 treaty fell apart for a variety of reasons, The 1963 version was a success.
Re:They will just cheat anyway (Score:4, Informative)
I thought that was South Africa?
Re:They will just cheat anyway (Score:4, Informative)
Can you stop your patronizing already ? (Score:0, Informative)
Oh, and both Russia, China and India certainly ought to find better things to spend their money on... like food, education, etc...
Fact: School students in Russia and China fair much better, on average, in scholastic achievement, than those from American schools
Fact: In America there are millions of citizens who go hungry every nights
Patronizing for the sake of patronizing will only earn you distrust and disgust