START I
About the START I
Bush and Gorbachev, the last Soviet treaty, cut deployed strategic warheads to 6,000 and launchers to 1,600 each, verified by 12 types of on site inspection and telemetry sharing. Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan inherited arsenals all removed to Russia, Budapest Memorandum security assurances given. Entered force 1994, completed 2001. It set the verification template, telephoto cameras, tagging, portal monitoring, for everything after.
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