The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty would limit both countries to 1,550 operational warheads each. (discovermagazine.com)
Washington DC — «The ratification today by a vote of 71 - 26 in the US Senate of the bilateral New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between Russia and the United States marks an historic step forward in the global elimination of nuclear weapons,» stated Dr. Paul Walker, director of the Security and Sustainability Program of Global Green USA. (globalgreen.org)
The technique offers a way out of a tricky catch - 22: to comply with nuclear arms reduction treaties, inspectors need to scrutinise nuclear warheads to verify that real missiles, not decoys, are being disarmed. (newscientist.com)