Seabed Treaty

Seabed Treaty 1972 94 countries prohibits emplacing nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction on the sea bed and the ocean floor beyond the 12- mile coastal zone. Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) 1974 United States, USSR prohibits underground nuclear tests having a yield exceeding 150 kilotons. South Pacific Nuclear Free-Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga) 1985 15 countries prohibits testing, deployment, or acquisition of nuclear weapons in the South Pacific. 

SEABED TREATY. The Seabed Treaty prohibits the implanting on the ocean floor or subsoil of any nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) beyond a 12-mile coastal zone. The treaty also prohibits the emplacement of structures, launching installations or any other facihties specifically designed for storing, testing or using such weapons. It entered into force on 18 May 1972 and is open to universal membership. Its full title is the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Hoor and in the Subsoil Thereof. 

Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Seabed Treaty) enters into force. 

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