David AK 53
AH veteran
Read an article that the U.S is going to start underground testing in the Nevada desert,of the aging nuclear stockpile, without explosions.
Nuclear detonation testing was banned in 1992.
My understanding is that atmospheric, space and underwater is what is banned by treaty. Underground testing is still permitted. That the US has not tested since 1992 is an artifact of policy, not law. While we did sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996, it has not yet entered into force because 2 of the 8 countries involved have never signed it, India and Pakistan.