The treaty was ratified by the Senate for it to take effect
Publicly and chronologically speaking, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is about nuclear tests, and was signed after Kennedy forced the Soviets to withdraw their missiles. In my opinion, the way you put it, he may have wanted america to seem to be a force for peace. Good question, president-wise.
US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev were sobered by the Cuban missile crisis and sought to ease tensions between their countries.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Treaty
It marked the first attempt to restrict US and Soviet nuclear weapons.The SALT-1 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty stopped the growth in US/Soviet intercontinental-range nuclear weapons arsenals. It was signed at Moscow May 26, 1972. It was approved by U.S. President September 30, 1972. The leaders were U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th United States president. He is famous for the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
reduce the two nations' stockpiles of nuclear weapons
Many, such as the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Extradition Treaty.
In 1963, when Kennedy was President of the US, trying to end the Cold War, when the US and the Soviet Union reached an arms control agreement. They also established a direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin.
Viktor Starodubov has written: 'USA, a policy of rejecting the ABM Treaty' -- subject(s): Nuclear arms control, Soviet Union 'The ABM treaty' -- subject(s): Nuclear disarmament, Soviet Union, Soviet Union. 1972 May 26 (ABM)
The Partial Test Ban Treaty, signed in 1963, prohibited nuclear testing in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space. This treaty was signed by the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.
The treaty that stopped nuclear testing in the atmosphere was the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed in 1963 by the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. This treaty prohibited nuclear testing in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space, helping to reduce the environmental and health risks associated with nuclear weapons testing.
President Nixon's stance toward the Soviet Union in 1969 was one of diplomacy. He negotiated a missile treaty with them and to negotiate nuclear peace. He sought to end the Cold War.