Nuclear Underground, Treaties, and Truth: How Tests Work, Who Would Be Caught, and Why Resuming Is Folly — Part 2, Deep-Dive

International Flavor: Where the Truth Tastes Better · Nov 5, 2025 · 1h 30m · transcript

Part 2 continues our no-nonsense tour of the nuclear underground: how real tests are engineered and contained, what LTBT/TTBT/CTBT actually do, and why “just test again” is fantasy. I lay out Nevada lessons (Baneberry, subcritical work), today’s monitoring reality (IMS catches everything), and the politics around Trump’s testing talk versus what engineering, costs, and timelines really demand. We also touch Russia/China posture and why the smart move is stewardship, not theatrics. Tomorrow night: Part 3 if needed—global sites and the real tell-tales to watch. International Flavor: Where the…