The new START (Strategic Arms Reduction...
and RS-24 Yars (SS-X-29) classes.Under Article IV of the Treaty, each party can only base deployed ICBM launchers at ICBM bases.
Under the Protocol, the term "ICBM base" means: (a) for mobile ICBM launchers, an area in which one or more basing areas and one associated maintenance facility are located.
Unlike the START-I treaty, this definition says nothing about the size of such an area, the number of basing areas, or the number of ICBM launchers which can be deployed simultaneously outside these areas.
And now a few words about the definitions of the nuclear triad"s main elements.
The term "intercontinental ballistic missile" or "ICBM" still means a land-based ballistic missile with a range of at least 5,500 kilometers. This is the shortest distance between Russian territory and the continental United States, excluding Alaska.
The term "heavy bomber" means a bomber of any type that satisfies either of the following criteria: (a)
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