India has successfully test fired a ballistic missile with long range capabilities. The government announced that it was purely for self-defense. The missile has the potential to carry nuclear warheads and can target Pakistan and China.
Three days prior to this at the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moo urged the nine essential countries that have not yet signed and ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty to do so, as the UN has a goal of bringing it into force by 2012. These nine nations are China, North Korea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and the United States.
The power struggle between countries seeking nuclear disarmament and those actively trying to develop nuclear weapons is an interesting one, as both are attempting to "even the playing field" with opposing methods. President Obama supports the nuclear test-ban treaty, but then again a lot of the things President Obama supports fail to manifest. Debates over the nuclear test ban will be interesting to follow, as nuclear warfare is a huge global issue (and of the main issues we outlined last week for the Politik theme).
- Ysabel Yates
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