Standing Consultative Commission addresses ABM Treaty issues

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The Standing Consultative Commission (SCC) discussed the implications of the disintegration of the Soviet Union on the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. The SCC proposed that the treaty be updated to reflect the geopolitical changes as well as existing strategic and technological conditions. The proposal requires the differentiation between ABM and non-ABM systems and the elimination of restrictions on space-based sensors.

Ballistic missiles

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START I enters into force, clears way for START II approval

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The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) enforced on Dec 5, 1994, paves the way for the approval of START II. The START I Treaty signed between the US, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine will reduce the deployment of strategic warheads to below 6,000. The START II Treaty will ensure the US's and Russia's destruction of their multiple warhead ICBMs and lower the number of strategic warheads deployed to below 3,500.

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Senate panel ends START hearings; full vote may come before summit

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The U.S. Senate has decided to implement its ratification of the START II treaty so as to facilitate a summit with Russia in 1995. Russia will also consider following the arms reduction regulations. The two countries have agreed to supervise the implementation of the treaty in their counterparts.

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Military policy, United States. Congress. Senate, Intercontinental ballistic missiles, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1982-1992

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