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NEW START

New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) (Russian: СНВ-III, SNV-III) is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation. The formal name is Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed on 8 April 2010 in Prague, and, after ratification entered into force on 5 February 2011. It is expected to last at least until 2021.

New START replaced the Treaty of Moscow (SORT).

Under terms of the treaty, the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by half. A new inspection and verification regime will be established, replacing the SORT mechanism. It does not limit the number of operationally inactive stockpiled nuclear warheads.

Under the terms of the treaty, the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers will be reduced by half. The treaty limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550. It will also limit the number of deployed and non-deployed inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launchers. The treaty allows for satellite and remote monitoring, as well as 18 on-site inspections per year to verify limits.

These obligations must be met within seven years from the date the treaty enters into force. The treaty will last ten years. The treaty entered into force on 5 February 2011, when the United States and Russia exchanged instruments of ratification, following approval by the U.S. Senate and the Federal Assembly of Russia. However, the United States began implementing the reductions even before the treaty was ratified. The treaty places no limits on tactical systems, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, which will most likely be replacing the F-15E and F-16 in the tactical nuclear delivery role.

The treaty does not cover rail-mobile ICBM launchers because neither party currently possesses such systems.

Exercise 17.

Give the English equivalents:

to ratify a treaty, strategic nuclear missile launchers, to enter into force, a verification, to reduce nuclear weapons, to deploy strategic warheads; verification regime, be established, influence smth, place no limits, obligation, reductions, limits on tactical systems

Exercise 18.

Give the Russian equivalents:

Разместить стратегические боеголовки, ратифицировать договор, сокращать ядерное оружие, подписать договор, вступить в силу; не устанавливать ограничения, основан, влиять на ч-л, обязательства, сокращения, проверка, ограничения на тактические системы.

Exercise 19.