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Provisions and benefits of the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, including deep reductions in strategic force structure and reinforcement of the nuclear nonproliferation regime; 3 articles.

Today, Senate Democrats and Republicans, working together, have increased the security of the American people by ratifying the START II Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. I applaud this historic step. As I stated in my State of the Union address this week, it will make every American, every Russian, and people all over the world more secure.

Examines progress in arms control policy in Russia in the aftermath of the Second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) signed with the US in 1993. Restructuring of the armed forces, nuclear nonproliferation, military doctrine, and other issues.

Examines benefits to Russia of signing the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, issues which concern Russian critics of the Treaty, and steps to be taken after ratification to accelerate reduction of warhead levels. Treaty ratified by the US Senate in 1996 and to be approved by the Russian Duma early in 1997.

Die Autorin beschreibt den Verlauf der Verhandlungen über den Abschluß des START-II-Vertrags sowie der Diskussion über die Ratifizierung des START-I-Vertrags. Die Haltung der im Besitz von atomaren Waffen sich befindlichen Nachfolgestaaten der UdSSR zum Nonproliferationsvertrag, die Stellung des russischen Parlaments zum START-II-Vertrag und die Position der russischen Regierung in dieser Frage werden dargestellt. (BIOst-Srt)

THIS ARTICLE OUTLINES THE BASIC TERMS OF THE START II TREATY, THE ADDITIONAL LIMITS SET ON MISSILES AND WARHEADS, AND THE COUNTING RULES FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS INVOLVED.