Ninety days after providing such a notification, or at a later date agreed by the Parties, the Party changing the number of nuclear weapons for which a heavy bomber is actually equipped shall exhibit one heavy bomber of each such type or variant of a type. Her Excellency, Madeleine K. Albright,Secretary of StateThe United States of America, WashingtonAlbright Letter on Early Deactivation. 4.

To carry out inspections provided for in this Protocol, the inspecting Party shall have the right to use agreed equipment, including equipment that will confirm that the silo launcher has been completely filled up to the height of five meters from the bottom of the silo launcher with concrete. Each Party shall have the right to reorient to a conventional role heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs. Please accept, Mr. Minister, the assurances of my highest consideration. Except as otherwise provided for in this Treaty, heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role shall remain subject to the provisions of the START Treaty, including the inspection provisions. Go to the current State.gov website for up-to-date information. In paragraph 1, paragraph 6, and paragraph 9 of Article II of the Treaty the words "January 1, 2003" shall be replaced in each case by the words "December 31, 2007". The inspection team shall have the right to visually inspect those portions of the exterior of the inspected heavy bomber having the differences observable by national technical means of verification and visible during inspection, but not to inspect other portions of the exterior or interior; and. The provisions of paragraph 8 of Article II of this Treaty shall be applied provisionally by the Parties from the date of its signature. 3.

After the procedures provided for in this paragraph have been carried out, the process of the elimination of the missiles and their launch canisters may begin. Treaty TextThe Heavy ICBM Elimination ProtocolThe Heavy Bomber Protocol on Exhibitions and EliminationsMemorandum of AttributionThe START II ProtocolThe Joint Agreed StatementLetters on Early Deactivation, (Note: Certain dates and deadlines of the Treaty have been modified by the START II Protocol signed in New York on September 26, 1997, which is subject to ratification by both the United States Senate and the Russian Duma. If not all heavy bombers of a given type or variant of a type are reoriented to a conventional role, one heavy bomber of each type or variant of a type of heavy bomber reoriented to a conventional role shall be exhibited in the open for the purpose of demonstrating to the other Party the differences referred to in subparagraph 8(d) of this Article. SLBM Bases at Which the Number of Warheads on Deployed SLBMs Is Reduced: SLBM Type on Which the Number of Warheads Is Reduced, Deployed SLBMs on Which the Number of Warheads Is Reduced, Warheads Attributed to Each Deployed SLBM After Reduction in the Number of Warheads on It, Number of Warheads by Which the Original attribution of Warheads for Each SLBM Was Reduced, Aggregate Reduction in the Number of Warheads Attributed to deployed SLBMs of thatType, IV. Paragraph 6 of Article I of the Treaty shall be formulated in the following way: "The Parties may conclude an agreement on a program of assistance for the purpose of facilitating implementation of the provisions of this Article, including for the purpose of accelerating such implementation.". Still, it’s a major step forward after New START negotiations sputtered and stalled in recent months, as the Trump administration initially tried to extend the nuclear treaty to include China. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification and shall enter into force on the date of exchange of instruments of ratification. For the purposes of this Treaty, heavy bombers reoriented to a conventional role are those heavy bombers specified by a Party from among its heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs that have never been accountable under the START Treaty as heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMS. Pursuant to and in implementation of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, the Parties hereby agree upon procedures governing the elimination of heavy ICBMs and upon procedures governing the conversion of silo launchers of such ICBMs.

At the discretion of the inspected Party, those portions of the heavy bomber that are not subject to inspection may be shrouded. Heavy bomber reoriented to a conventional role shall be subject to the following requirements. Within the limitations provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, the aggregate numbers for each Party shall not exceed: (a) 2160, for warheads attributed to deployed SLBMs; (b) 1200, for warheads attributed to deployed ICBMs of types to which more than one warhead is attributed; and. If a last-minute agreement is reached, it could avert the collapse of one of the most important nuclear arms agreements in the post-Cold War era and give the Trump administration an opening to tout a foreign-policy achievement ahead of the contentious 2020 elections. Any shrouding of the upper portion of the silo launcher shall not obstruct visual observation of the upper portion of the launch canister and shall not obstruct visual observation of the edge of the restrictive ring. Conscious of the new realities that have transformed the political and strategic relations between the Parties, and the relations of partnership that have been established between them. In paragraph 3 of Article I of the Treaty the words "January 1, 2003" shall be replaced by the words "December 31, 2007". If requested by the inspecting Party, the converting Party shall partially remove any shrouding, except for shrouding of instruments installed on the restrictive ring, to permit confirmation of the presence of the restrictive ring. Taking note of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 47/52K of December 9, 1992.