Q. Consider the following statements regarding the New START Treaty: - Under the New START treaty, each side is allowed a maximum of 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.
- This represents approximately a 30% reduction from the 2,200 warhead limit that each side was to achieve by 2012 under the START Treaty, as amended by the 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.
- Each country is permitted no more than 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear arms.
Which of the above are provisions of the New START Treaty?
Answer:
1, 2 and 3
Notes: All three statements are correct. The New START Treaty sets a maximum of 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads each for the US and Russia, about 30% lower than the previous limit of 2,200 warheads under earlier treaties. It also limits each country to 700 deployed ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments.