@article{
author = {Dan L. Fenstermacher},
title = {The effects of nuclear test-ban regimes on third-generation-weapon innovation},
journal = {Science & Global Security},
volume = {1},
number = {3-4},
pages = {187-223},
year = {1990},
URL = {https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/1990/01/the_effects_of_nuclear_test-ba.html},
eprint = {http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs01fenstermacher.pdf},
abstract = {Under the rationale of assessing potential Soviet threats, several third-generation weapon concepts are being actively studied in the US. This paper presents a technical analysis of the physical principles and likely capabilities of three nuclear directed-energy concepts (x-ray lasers, nuclear kinetic-energy weapons, and microwave devices) and describes the implications for their development of threshold test bans at thresholds above and below 1 kiloton. Inertial Confinement Fusion, specialized non-nuclear weapon effects simulation, and seismically quiet containment vessels for low-yield tests may complicate arguments about the verifiability and long-term effectiveness of a test ban.}
}