Match the words from column A with column B
A: | B: |
ratify a treaty | Разместить стратегические боеголовки |
reduce nuclear weapons | Ратифицировать договор |
deploy strategic warheads | Сокращать ядерное оружие |
sign a treaty | Вступить в силу |
enter into force | Подписать договор |
nuclear missiles | Ядерные ракеты |
place limits on tactical systems | Переместить ядерные боеголовки |
remote monitoring | Ядерное вооружение |
nuclear armaments | удаленный мониторинг |
stockpiled nuclear warheads | Изменить способы ратификации |
exchange instruments of ratification | Запасные ядерные боеголовки |
limit ballistic missile launchers | Выполнить сокращение |
implement the reductions | Сократить выпуск баллистических пусковых установок |
replace nuclear warheads | Установить ограничения на тактические системы |
Exercise 20.
Comprehension check:
1. When was New START signed?
2. When did New START enter into force?
3. In what way a new inspection and verification regime will be established?
4. How does the treaty influence the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers?
5. What was the position of the United States before the treaty was ratified?
6. What limits does the treaty place on tactical systems?
Exercise 21.
Insert the missing word combinations in the text below.
Key words:
The Russian Federation, 8 April 2010, 5 February 2011, United States of America, the original START treaty, the U.S. Senate, the Federal Assembly of Russia, implementing, ICBM launchers, nuclear disarmament treaty
1. New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) (Russian: СНВ-III, SNV-III) is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the….. and …...with the formal name of Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
2. New START was signed on …. ..in Prague, and, after ratification entered into force on ….
3. The treaty entered into force on 5 February 2011, when the United States and Russia exchanged instruments of ratification, following approval by ..… and… However, the United States began ……. the reductions even before the treaty was ratified.
4. The treaty does not cover rail-mobile ……. because neither party currently possesses such systems.
5. The treaty limits the number of ……. deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550, which is down nearly two-thirds from, as well as 10% lower than the deployed strategic warhead limit of the 2002 Moscow Treaty.
6. With the stroke of two pens, President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a new ..….. in Prague today, replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) that expired Dec. 5.
Exercise 22.
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