Check your progress III

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Please type your First & Second Name

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Please type your affiliation

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Please type your email

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According to the Reagan-Gorbachev Formula:

A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought

A nuclear war can be won but must never be fought

A nuclear war can be won and can be fought

A nuclear war cannot be won but can be fought

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Outer Space Treaty was signed in:

1970

1974

1968

1967

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According to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), or Treaty of Moscow:

Everything mentioned

No verification provisions were ensured

No more than 1700-2200 warheads could be operatonally deployed

Destruction of dismantled warheads was not required

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans:

Nuclear tests only in atmosphere

Any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion

Nuclear explosions only for peaceful purposes

Nuclear explosions only for military purposes

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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty, ABMT):

Provided the US and the USSR broad limits on strategic offensive weapons

Set agreements on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms by the US and the USSR

Required destruction of the Parties' ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of between 500 and 5,500 km

Limited deployment of missile systems that could theoretically be used to destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched by the US or the USSR against each other

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Strategic Arms Limitations Talks Treaty I (SALT I) was signed in:

1991

1979

1972

1987

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Both India and Pakistan conducted:

1 nuclear tests in 1998

1 nuclear test in 1974

2 nuclear tests in 1998

1 nuclear test in 2006

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The main provisions of the Outer Space Treaty (1967) include the following (choose not correct statement):

The exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind

States should not avoid harmful contamination of space and celestial bodies

States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any other manner

The Moon and other celestial bodies shall be used exclusively for peaceful purposes

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So called Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean which may be cause by an undeclared joint nuclear test carried out by:

Great Britain and South Africa

Great Britain and France

France and Israel

South Africa and Israel

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This arms control treaty never entered into force:

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)

Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START)

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty, ABMT)

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)

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The factors influencing strategic stability and international security include:

Everything mentioned

Development of strategic offensive arms in non-nuclear equipment

Unrestricted deployment of the global missile defense system

Continuing threat of the deployment of weapons in outer space

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United Nations disarmament triad includes:

United Nations Security Council, United Nations Disarmament Commission, First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

United Nations Security Council, United Nations Disarmament Commission, Conference on Disarmament

United Nations Disarmament Commission, First Committee of the United Nations General Assembley, Conference on Disarmament

United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, the IAEA

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By this aspect we can differ information security from cybersecurity:

Networks

Integrity

Confidentiality

Content

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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was signed:

On September 24, 1996

On January 22, 2021

On September 20, 2017

On March 5, 1970

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This arms control treaty is considered to be as the “gold standard” of verification:

Treaty between The United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START)

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), or Treaty of Moscow

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)

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Strategic Arms Limitations Talks Treaty II (SALT II) was signed in:

1972

1987

1991

1979

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Conference on Disarmament (CD) is:

The single multilateral disarmament negotiation forum of the international community

The branch of the United Nations General Assembly

Annual meeting of the legally recognized nuclear-weapon states to discuss the issues of disarmament, strategic stability and reduction of nuclear risk

The name of meetings between the US and the USSR/Russia to conclude arms control treaties

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The majority of nuclear tests were conducted by:

The USSR

Great Britain

The US

China

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The first arms control treaty which ensured reductions of strategic nuclear weapons by the US and the USSR:

Strategic Arms Limitations Talks Treaty I (SALT I)

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), or Treaty of Moscow

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty, ABMT)

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT):

Never entered into force

Entered into force but ceased to exist after the Rassian de-ratification in 2023

Entered into force in 1996

Still not signed

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Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, or Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), or Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) was concluded in:

1968

1963

1996

1998

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These factors, among others, are influencing on deepening crisis in the arms control regime and its erosion

Everything mentioned

Different threats perception as well as priorities

Desire to achieve strategic vulnerability in conventional weapons, outer space, cyber, emerging technologies domains

Development of strategic capabilities

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(Military) Technical reasons for resumption of nuclear tests can be driven by:

Everything mentioned

New technologies

New designs of weapons

New machinery

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Russia and the US tabled a join UN General Assembly resolution on the “Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security” in:

2022

2021

2013

2017

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What are the main challenges facing the UN triad:

Inability to agree on priorities in the field of arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation efforts

Everything mentioned

Fragmentation of international arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation efforts (including withdrawal of negotiation formats beyond the traditional UN framework)

Stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament

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