Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

The New START treaty is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia, signed on April 8, 2010, and entering into force on February 5, 2011. The treaty limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550, and the number of deployed and non-deployed intercontinental ballistic missile launchers, submarine-launched ballistic missile launchers, and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments to 800. The treaty also establishes a new inspection and verification regime, and allows for satellite and remote monitoring, as well as 18 on-site inspections per year. The treaty will last ten years, with an option to renew it for up to five years, and was signed to replace the Treaty of Moscow (SORT), which was set to expire in December 2012.learn more on wikipedia