U.S. - Russian Strategic Arms control AgreementsThe Russian President announced to suspension of its participation in the last remaining major military agreement with the US –
New START. The original
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty/START-I was signed between the US and the erstwhile USSR in
1991 and came into force in 1994.
START-I, which capped the number of nuclear warheads (to 6,000) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs to 1,600),
lapsed in 2009.
This was replaced first by the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (
SORT)/the Treaty of Moscow and then by the New START treaty.
