CTBTO statement on the unusual seismic event detected in the DPRK
NK has rightly concluded that treaties are meaningless without the global cohesion required to enforce them and that being part of the Nuclear Club is one way to get people to look the other way when it comes to violating human rights and other despicable behavior.<p>The CTBTO is obviously well within their rights to write press releases which amount mostly to hand wringing at this point in time, in the longer term every tin pot dictator without nukes is going to look to NK as the example of how to stay alive.<p>FWIW I have always considered the test ban treaty itself as a means by the nuclear powers to attempt to kick the door closed behind them (because they can use numerical simulation instead of real world tests) rather than an honest attempt at reducing proliferation.<p>So, now we have crazy people with hydrogen bombs. It is a new chapter and one that could have a pretty bad ending.