Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

Abstract

On May 24, 2002, President Bush and Russia's President Putin signed the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (known as the Moscow Treaty) that will reduce strategic nuclear weapons to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by December 31,2012. The U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on March 6, 2003; the Russian Duma did the same on May 14, 2003. The Treaty entered into force on June I, 2003.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA492882

Entities

People

  • Amy F. Woolf

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Department Of State
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Foreign Relations
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Strategic Security Studies