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New START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
RatifiedBilateral Treatynuclear-weaponsarms-controlrussiaverification
Date Adopted
2010-04-08
U.S. Ratification
2010-12-22
Summary
New START limits each party to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers. The treaty includes robust verification provisions with on-site inspections and data exchanges. It was extended for five years in 2021 but Russia suspended participation in 2023. The treaty represents the latest in a series of bilateral nuclear arms control agreements dating to SALT I (1972).
Parties
United StatesRussia
U.S. Implementing Legislation
Senate Resolution of Advice and Consent
156 Cong. Rec. S10,986 (2010)
The Senate provided advice and consent to ratification with conditions including commitments to nuclear weapons complex modernization.
Key Cases
No direct case law — arms control treaties are implemented through executive branch action