The test ban debate: forty years of new and recurring themes -- Overview of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons and testing programs -- Effects of more restrictive nuclear test bans on new weapon development / David Cheney, Robert Civiak, Jonathan Medalia, and Paul Zinsmeister -- Effects of more restrictive test bans on maintaining confidence in the warhead stockpile -- Effects of more restrictive test bans on nuclear effects testing / David Cheney and Robert Civiak -- Verification issues / David Cheney -- Effects of more restrictive test bans on other countries / Warren H. Donnelly, Charlotte P. Preece, and Robert G. Sutter.