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Senate Approves US-Russia Arms Treaty

by American Forces Press Service
December 23, 2010
in Defense Geopolitics News
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WASHINGTON: In an overwhelming 71-26 vote, the U.S. Senate today ratified the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a pact to level the arms playing field between the United States and Russia.
Today’s vote followed the senators’ 67-28 vote yesterday to move the bill from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the full Senate.

Considered critical to U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in a Dec. 21 statement that the treaty “will enhance strategic stability at lower numbers of nuclear weapons, provide a rigorous inspection regime including on-site access to Russian missile silos, strengthen our leadership role in stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and provide the necessary flexibility to structure our strategic nuclear forces to best meet national security interests.”

The former arms treaty, and its on site arms inspections, between the two world superpowers ended nearly a year ago.

Following are details of the treaty, as previously reported by American Forces Press Service:
The treaty allows the United States and Russia to conduct as many as 18 short-notice, on-site inspections each year, with as many as 10 “Type 1” inspections, which focus on strategic systems, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and bombers, and up to eight “Type 2” inspections, which cover storage sites, test ranges and other operations.

On-site inspections work in synergy with other elements of the treaty, including data exchanges on the technical characteristics, locations and distribution of weapons. Any changes in the status of strategic systems must be reported through timely notifications and biannual reports, according to the treaty.

The treaty also mandates that 35 facilities in Russia and 17 in the United States are subject to inspections. Russian inspectors will be permitted entry into the United States via Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, escorted by Defense Threat Reduction Agency officials. Each side has to give 32 hours notice during normal working hours before a short-notice inspection.

The new treaty will be carried out in conjunction with the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, a 20-year-old effort to advance nuclear nonproliferation around the world. As of June 21, the program has supported the elimination of 783 ICBMs and 672 ICBM launchers, 651 submarine-launched ballistic missiles and 476 SLBM launchers, 155 heavy bombers, 906 air-to-surface missiles, and deactivation of 7,545 nuclear warheads.

Russia is expected to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

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