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> Agreeing to end nuclear testing saved us from the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The treaty came after the crisis, not before. And it only banned atmospheric, underwater, and space tests. The US and USSR kept testing underground on a large scale, while France and China never signed it and continued atmospheric tests for years.

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