CTBTO holds nuclear-test verification exercise in Namibia

Experts gathered in the Namibian desert for a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty verification exercise to determine whether a nuclear weapons test had been conducted there. CTBTO official Oleg Rozhkov said it was the organization's third Integrated Field Exercise in 30 years and its first large exercise in Africa. The treaty bans nuclear test explosions but has not entered into force.

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