START II

START II
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II

Договор о сокращении стратегических наступательных вооружений
Presidents George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign START II on 3 January 1993 in Vladimir Hall, Moscow Kremlin
TypeStrategic nuclear disarmament
Drafted1991 – 17 June 1992
Signed3 January 1993
LocationMoscow, Russia
Effective14 April 2000
ConditionRatification of both parties
Expiration13 June 2002
Signatories
Parties
  • (officially withdrew in 2002)
Ratifiers
LanguagesEnglish, Russian

START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed by US President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin on 3 January 1993,[1] banning the use of multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) on intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Hence, it is often cited as the De-MIRV-ing Agreement.

It was ratified by the US Senate on 26 January 1996 with a vote of 87–4. Russia ratified START II on 14 April 2000, making it conditional on preserving the ABM Treaty.[2] When the US withdrew from the ABM Treaty on 13 June 2002, Russia withdrew from START II one day later.[2] Thus, START II never entered into effect.

Instead, SORT came into effect, which reduced the strategic warheads count per country to 1,700–2,200.

  1. ^ "START II". fas.org. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Valerie Pacer (2015). Russian Foreign Policy Under Dmitry Medvedev, 2008-2012. p. 140.