New U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty takes effect
Feb. 7, 2011
A new U.S.-Russia treaty on nuclear arms reduction took effect Saturday.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged instruments of ratification for the new pact in Germany where the two ministers met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Under the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, the United States and Russia have to reduce within seven years their nuclear warheads on deployed missiles and bombers to 1,550 each, the lowest level since the two nuclear superpowers began arms reduction talks.
The new START also sets a ceiling of 800 launchers each.
The pact replaces the 1991 arms reduction accord, or START I, which expired in December 2009.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on Feb. 5, 2011)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged instruments of ratification for the new pact in Germany where the two ministers met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Under the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, the United States and Russia have to reduce within seven years their nuclear warheads on deployed missiles and bombers to 1,550 each, the lowest level since the two nuclear superpowers began arms reduction talks.
The new START also sets a ceiling of 800 launchers each.
The pact replaces the 1991 arms reduction accord, or START I, which expired in December 2009.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on Feb. 5, 2011)
