1. Besides, international treaties ban the use of nuclear weapons in space. 2. Clinton said that the treaty unfairly banned U.S. anti-tank mines while permitting those of other nations, and that it would interfere with the defense of South Korea. 3. Contrary to popular belief, there is no international prohibition on placing or using weapons in space, although various treaties ban weapons of mass destruction. 4. More cost-effective ways to maintain parity are not available because the Start II treaty bans land-based missiles with multiple warheads. 5. Recent treaties have banned the intentional hunting of coelacanths, but they are still occasionally brought to the surface by accident. 6. That treaty banned nuclear test blasts in the atmosphere, in space and underwater but permitted them underground. 7. The Ottawa treaty bans the manufacture, stockpiling and use of land mines specifically intended to kill or maim individuals. 8. The treaty bans all nuclear explosions and will try to rein in the development of nuclear weapons. 9. The treaty bans production, use and sale of nerve gas weapons and regulates the trade of dozens of chemicals. 10. The treaty also banned basing ABM components in outer space, which the Bush program, if it goes forward, would violate in a few years. |