START I

START, officially the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was a strategic arms limitation treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. The treaty was initially proposed by United States President Ronald Reagan. It was retrospectively named START I when the second START treaty, START II began to be discussed and later went into effect.

It was signed on July 31, 1991, five months before the collapse of the Soviet Union. The treaty placed limits on the number of various types of vehicles and attributed warheads that could be deployed by either side. It remains in effect, as a treaty between the US and Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have since totally disarmed their strategic arms capabilities.

See also

* START II
* SALT I
* SALT II
* SORT
* Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

START I - The U.S. and Russia/Soviet Union reduced ICBMS, SLBMs, and bombers to 1,600 delivery vehicles with no more than 6,000 warheads.

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