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(SFO-GVA-VII): (U) U.S.-PROPOSED JOINT DRAFT TEXT OF THE
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1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-162.


2. (S) The text at Paragraph 3 is the working document from
which the U.S.-Proposed Joint Draft Text of the Protocol to
the Treaty Between the United States of America and the
Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and
Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms dated December 19,
2009, will be prepared. It establishes the baseline for the
next round of the negotiation. Because of the length of the
document, text will be sent as separate cables. This is
Cable 1 of 12 cables.


3. (S) Begin text:

U.S.-Proposed JDT
December 19, 2009

PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON MEASURES FOR THE
FURTHER REDUCTION AND LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS

Pursuant to Article I of the Treaty Between the United
States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for
the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, the Parties
hereby agree upon the following provisions regarding
implementation of the Treaty:

This Protocol is organized into ten Parts.

Part One, Terms and Their Definitions, contains the
definitions of terms that are used in the Treaty and this
Protocol.

Part Two, Database, contains a listing of the categories of
data with respect to items subject to the provisions of the
Treaty.

Part Three, Conversion or Elimination Procedures, contains
procedures governing the conversion, elimination, or other
means of removal from accountability of strategic offensive
arms and facilities.

Part Four, Notifications, addresses the notifications
provided for in Article VIII of the Treaty.

Part Five, Inspection Activities, contains provisions
governing the conduct of inspections activities provided for
in Article XI of the Treaty.

Part Six, Bilateral Consultative Commission, contains
provisions governing the operation of the Bilateral
Consultative Commission, established pursuant to Article XIII
of the Treaty.

((Part Seven, Telemetry, contains the procedures associated
with the implementation of obligations concerning telemetric
information, pursuant to Article X of the Treaty.))1

Part Eight, Provisional Application, governs provisional


application of certain provisions of the Treaty and this
Protocol.

Part Nine, Agreed Statements, contains Agreed Statements
regarding the Treaty and this Protocol.

Part Ten, General Provisions, contains general provisions
applicable to this Protocol.

Protocol

Part I - TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS

The term "air base" means a facility at which deployed heavy
bombers are based and their operation is supported.

The term "aircraft" means any manned machine that can derive
support in the atmosphere from interaction with the air other
than the interaction of the air with the Earth's surface.

The term "aircrew member" means an individual who performs
duties related to the operation of an airplane and who is
included on the inspecting Party's list of aircrew members.

The term "air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)" means an
air-to-surface cruise missile of a type, any one of which has
been flight-tested from an aircraft or deployed on a bomber
after December 31, 1986.

The term "airplane" means a power-driven, heavier-than-air
aircraft that derives its lift in flight chiefly from
aerodynamic reactions on surfaces that remain fixed under
given conditions of flight.

The term "ballistic missile" means a missile that is a
weapon-delivery vehicle that has a ballistic trajectory over
most of its flight path.

The term "basing area" means an area ((limited to 5 square
kilometers in size))1 within an ICBM base for mobile
launchers of ICBMs, in which deployed mobile launchers of
ICBMs and their associated missiles are based.

The term "bomber" means an airplane of a type, any one of
which was initially constructed or later converted to be
equipped for bombs or air-to-surface missiles.

The term "conversion or elimination facility" means:

(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility for the
elimination of ICBMs, SLBMs, and launch canisters;

(b) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, a specified facility for
the conversion or elimination of mobile launchers of ICBMs;

(c) for SLBM launchers, a specified facility for the
conversion or elimination of SLBM launchers;

(d) for heavy bombers, a specified facility for the
conversion of heavy bombers, or the elimination of heavy
bombers.

The term "cruise missile" means a missile that is an


unmanned, self-propelled weapon-delivery vehicle that
sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most
of its flight path.

The term "declared data," with respect to the data the
accuracy of which is confirmed during inspection activities,
means:

(a) data with respect to items subject to the Treaty,
listed according to categories of data in Part Two of this
Protocol;

(b) data, provided through notifications pursuant to Part
Four of this Protocol, that update the categories of data in
Part Two of this Protocol;

(c) information on the technical characteristics of new
types of strategic offensive arms provided through
notifications, confirmed during exhibitions, and subsequently
listed in Part Two of this Protocol; and

(d) information that the inspected Party provides to the
inspection teams during pre-inspection procedures.

The term "deployed heavy bomber" means a heavy bomber
equipped for nuclear armaments, other than a test heavy
bomber.

The term "deployed ICBM" means an ICBM that is contained in
or on a deployed launcher of ICBMs.

The term "deployed launcher of ICBMs" means an ICBM launcher
that contains an ICBM and is not an ICBM test launcher, an
ICBM training launcher, or an ICBM launcher located at a
space launch facility.

The term "deployed launcher of SLBMs" means an SLBM launcher
installed on a submarine that has been launched, that
contains an SLBM(())1 ((a test launcher, or a training
launcher))2.

The term "deployed mobile launcher of ICBMs" means any mobile
launcher of ICBMs, other than a mobile test launcher or a
mobile launcher of ICBMs at a space launch facility, that
contains an ICBM.

The term "deployed SLBM" means an SLBM that is contained in a
deployed launcher of SLBMs.

((The term "deployment area" means an area, limited in size,
within which routine movements of deployed mobile launchers
of ICBMs and their associated missiles are conducted.))1

The term "distinguishable" means different on the basis of
the totality of functional and external differences that are
observable by national technical means of verification, or,
when such observations may be inconclusive in the opinion of
the inspecting Party, that are visible during inspection.

The term "each year" means during a period of 12 months
commencing on the date of entry into force of the Treaty or
on an anniversary of that date.


((The term "encapsulation" means, for telemetric information,
recording and not broadcasting such information during the
flight test of a missile, and recovering it subsequently.))1

((The term "encryption" means, for telemetric information,
the reversible transformation of such information that gives
it a random character to prevent unauthorized access to such
information.))1

((The term "existing type" means for ICBMs, SLBMs, or heavy
bombers, a type of ICBM, SLBM, or heavy bomber, for which at
least one ICBM, SLBM, or heavy bomber of that type was
deployed on the date of signature of this Treaty.))1

The term "facility" means an ICBM base, submarine base, air
base, maintenance facility, basing area, silo launcher group,
ICBM loading facility, SLBM loading facility, production
facility, repair facility, storage facility, training
facility, conversion or elimination facility, test range,
heavy bomber flight test center, or space launch facility.

The term "fixed structure for mobile launchers of ICBMs"
means a unique structure, within a basing area, designed to
contain mobile launchers of ICBMs.

The term "flight test" means, for a missile, the launch and
subsequent flight of a missile.

The term "front section" means that portion of the payload of
the final stage that contains the reentry vehicle or reentry
vehicles and may, depending on design, include a reentry
vehicle platform, penetration aids, and a shroud.

The term "heavy bomber" means a bomber of a type, any one of
which satisfies either of the following criteria:

(a) its range is greater than 8000 kilometers; or

(b) it is equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs.

A bomber shall not be considered to be a heavy bomber if it
meets neither criterion (a) nor criterion (b) or if otherwise
agreed.

The term "heavy bomber equipped for non-nuclear armaments"
means a heavy bomber that is not equipped for long-range
nuclear ALCMs, nuclear air-to-service missiles with a range
of less than 600 kilometers, or nuclear bombs.

The term "heavy bomber equipped for nuclear armaments" means
a heavy bomber equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs, nuclear
air-to-surface missiles with a range of less than 600
kilometers, or nuclear bombs.

The term "heavy bomber flight test center" means a facility,
other than a production facility for heavy bombers, at which
test heavy bombers are based and their operation is supported.

The term "ICBM base" means:

(a) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, an area ((limited to
125,000 square kilometers in size,))1 within which routine
movements of deployed mobile launchers of ICBMs and their


associated missiles are conducted, and in which one or more
basing areas and one associated maintenance facility are
located;

(b) for silo launchers of ICBMs, an area in which one or
more groups of silo launchers of ICBMs and one associated
maintenance facility are located.

((The term "ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs" means an ICBM
of a type, any one of which has been contained on, or
flight-tested from, a mobile launcher of ICBMs, or has been
declared an ICBM for mobile launchers of ICBMs.))1

The term "ICBM launcher" means a device intended or used to
contain, prepare for launch, and launch an ICBM.

The term "ICBM loading facility" means a facility, outside an
ICBM base and outside a test range, where ICBMs for mobile
launchers of ICBMs are loaded onto or unloaded from mobile
launchers of ICBMs.

((The term "ICBM or SLBM the final stage of which executes a
procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles" means an ICBM or
SLBM of a type, any one of which has been flight-tested with
more than one reentry vehicle and has executed a procedure
for dispensing reentry vehicles during that flight test using
a final stage engine; or an ICBM or SLBM that has released
during a flight test of that missile a reentry vehicle or a
penetration aid prior to termination of main engine thrust of
the final stage and is an ICBM or SLBM of a type, any one of
which has been flight-tested with more than one reentry
vehicle.))1

The term "in-country escort" means a group of individuals
designated by the inspected Party to accompany and assist
inspectors and aircrew members throughout the in-country
period.

The term "in-country period" means the period of time from
the arrival of the inspection team or aircrew members at the
point of entry until their departure from the country through
the point of entry.

The term "inspection activities" means inspections and
exhibitions.

The term "inspection activity site" means a location at which
inspections or exhibitions may be conducted.

The term "inspection site" means a location at which Type One
or Type Two inspections may be conducted.

The term "inspection team" means the group of inspectors
assigned by the inspecting Party to conduct a particular
inspection activity.

The term "inspector" means an individual specified by one of
the Parties to conduct inspection activities and included on
that Party's list of inspectors.

The term "intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)" means a
land-based ballistic missile with a range in excess of 5,500
kilometers.



((The term "jamming" means, for telemetric information
broadcast from a missile, creating interference on
frequencies used for broadcasting such information.))1

The term "launch canister" means a container, directly
associated with an ICBM or SLBM, that can be or has been used
for transporting and storing an assembled ICBM or SLBM, with
or without its front section and from which an ICBM or SLBM
can be or has been launched.

((The term "launch weight" means the maximum weight of a
fully loaded ICBM or SLBM at the time of first stage
ignition, demonstrated during flight tests of ICBMs or SLBMs
of that type.))1

((The term "launcher of missile-defense interceptors" means a
device intended or used to contain, prepare for launch, and
launch missile-defense interceptors.))2

The term "long-range ALCM" means an ALCM with a range in
excess of 600 kilometers.

((The term "long-range non-nuclear ALCM" means a long-range
ALCM that is not nuclear-equipped.))2

The term "long-range nuclear ALCM" means a long-range ALCM
that is nuclear-armed.

The term "maintenance facility" means a facility that is part
of an ICBM base and at which ICBMs and ICBM launchers are
maintained and their operation is supported.

((The term "missile-defense interceptor" means an interceptor
missile developed and deployed for a missile-defense role, or
of a type tested for missile-defense purposes.))2

((The term "missile-defense system" means the totality of
individual components that include the following items:

missile-defense interceptors, which are interceptor missiles
developed and deployed for a missile-defense role, or of a
type tested in a missile defense mode;

launchers of missile defense interceptors, which are
launchers developed and deployed for launching missile
defense interceptors;

missile defense radars (MDRs),which are radars developed and
deployed for a missile defense role, or of a type tested in a
missile defense mode.))2

The term "mobile launcher of ICBMs" means an erector-launcher
mechanism for launching ICBMs and the self-propelled device
on which it is mounted.

The term "new type" means, for ICBMs or SLBMs, a type of ICBM
or SLBM, the technical characteristics of which differ from
those of an ICBM or SLBM, respectively, of each type declared
previously in at least one of the following respects:

(a) number of stages;


(b) type of propellant of any stage;

(((c) launch weight, by ten percent or more;))1

(((d)))1 (((c)))2 length of either the assembled missile
without front section or length of the first stage, by
((ten))1 ((five))2 percent or more;

(((i) The change in the length of the assembled missile
without front section or first stage of an ICBM or SLBM of a
type declared to be a new type shall be a change in relation
to an ICBM or SLBM of the same existing type or the same
previously declared new type.

(ii) The change in the length of the assembled missile
without front section or of the first stage of an ICBM or
SLBM of a type declared to be a new type in relation to an
ICBM or SLBM of an existing type or previously declared new
type shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 15 of
Annex J to the Memorandum of Understanding. ))1

(((e)))1 (((d)))2 diameter of the first stage, by ((five))1
((three))2 percent or more((;))1 ((.))2
((or

(f) throw-weight, by an increase of 21 percent or more, in
conjunction with a change in the length of the first stage by
five percent or more.

(i) The throw-weight of an ICBM or SLBM of an existing type
or previously declared new type shall be the accountable
throw-weight of this existing type or previously declared new
type, as it was first specified in the Memorandum of
Understanding.

(ii) The throw-weight of an ICBM or SLBM of a type declared
to be a new type shall be the greatest throw-weight
demonstrated in flight tests of an ICBM or SLBM of that type
to a range of no less than 11,000 kilometers for an ICBM, or
a range of no less than 9,500 kilometers for an SLBM. If an
ICBM or SLBM of a type declared to be a new type is not
capable of being flight-tested to such a range, it shall be
flight-tested to a range of no less than 10,000 kilometers
for an ICBM, or a range of no less than 8,500 kilometers for
an SLBM.

(iii) Should an ICBM of any type be declared to be a new type
in relation to the SS-25 ICBM on the basis of an increase of
21 percent or more in throw-weight in conjunction with a
change of five percent or more in the length of the first
stage, the throw-weight of an ICBM of such a type declared to
be a new type shall be the greatest throw-weight demonstrated
in flight tests of an ICBM of that type to a range of no less
than 11,000 kilometers.))1

((The term "non-deployed heavy bomber" means a heavy bomber
attributed to a production facility, storage facility,
conversion or elimination facility, flight test center,
training facility or repair facility.))2

The term "non-deployed ICBM" means an ICBM not contained in a
deployed launcher of ICBMs and not on a deployed launcher of
ICBMs.



The term "non-deployed launcher of ICBMs" means an ICBM test
launcher, an ICBM training launcher, an ICBM launcher located
at a space launch facility, or an ICBM launcher that does not
contain a deployed ICBM.

The term "non-deployed launcher of SLBMs" means an SLBM
launcher ((that is used))1 for testing or training, or an
SLBM launcher that does not contain a deployed SLBM.

The term "non-deployed mobile launcher of ICBMs" means a
mobile test launcher of ICBMs, a mobile launcher of ICBMs
located at a space launch facility, or a mobile launcher of
ICBMs that does not contain an ICBM.

The term "non-deployed SLBM" means an SLBM not contained in a
deployed launcher of SLBMs.

The term (("nuclear armaments for heavy bombers" means))1
(("nuclear armaments" means, for HB,))2 long-range nuclear
ALCMs, nuclear air-to-surface missiles with a range of less
than 600 kilometers, ((or))1 ((and))2 nuclear bombs.

((The term "nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear
ALCMs" means, for HBs, nuclear air-to-surface missiles with a
range of less than 600 kilometers, and nuclear bombs.))2

((The term "nuclear armaments weapons storage area" means a
specified facility that is associated with air bases where
deployed heavy bombers are based, and where nuclear armaments
for heavy bombers are stored.))1

The term "Open Skies Airplane" means an airplane performing
an observation flight in accordance with the Open Skies
Treaty of March 24, 1992, which is simultaneously used for
transporting an inspection team through a point of entry to
and/or from the territory of the inspected Party.

((The term "payload" means, for a stage, all that separates
from that stage, excluding the front section shroud and the
propellant burned by that stage, beginning at the time when
the velocity of the final stage is equal to 1,000 meters per
second less than its velocity at the time of termination of
main engine thrust of the final stage or at the time of the
first release of a reentry vehicle or penetration aid,
whichever occurs earlier.))1

The term "period of inspection" means the period of time from
completion of the pre-inspection procedures until the
commencement of post-inspection procedures.

((The term "procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles" means
a maneuver of the self-contained dispensing mechanism or of
the final stage of a missile, associated with targeting to an
aim point and releasing one or more reentry vehicles, whether
or not a reentry vehicle was actually released.))1

The term "produce" means build, construct, or manufacture in
any quantity, and includes serial production as well as
one-of-a-kind manufacturing.

The term "production facility" means:


(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a facility at which:

(i) ICBMs or SLBMs that are maintained, stored, and
transported as assembled missiles in their launch canisters,
are assembled, including the joining of all stages of such
missiles into launch canisters;

(ii) ICBMs or SLBMs that are maintained, stored, and
transported as assembled missiles without launch canisters,
are assembled, including the joining of two or more stages;

(iii) first stages of ICBMs or SLBMs that are maintained,
stored, and transported in stages are assembled;

(b) for ballistic missile submarines, a facility at which
construction of ballistic missile submarines is performed;

(c) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, a facility at which the
erector-launcher mechanism of a mobile launcher of ICBMs is
mounted on the self-propelled mobile device;

(d) for heavy bombers, a facility at which assembly of a
complete heavy bomber airframe is performed.

The term "prototype" means, for ICBMs or SLBMs, an ICBM or
SLBM of a new type, no more than 20 of which have been
flight-tested, and no launchers of which have been deployed.

The term "range" means:

(a) for an ALCM, the maximum distance that can be covered by
an ALCM of that type in its standard design mode flying until
fuel exhaustion, determined by projecting its flight path
onto the Earth's sphere from the point of launch to the point
of impact;

(b) for a ballistic missile, the maximum distance measured
by projecting the flight trajectory on the Earth's sphere
between the launch point of a missile of that type, and the
point of impact of a reentry vehicle;

(c) for an aircraft, the maximum distance that can be flown,
without refueling, by an aircraft of that type when carrying
an ordnance load of 7,500 kilograms, with a full fuel load in
the internal and external fuel tanks and a flight profile
optimized to ensure minimum fuel consumption per kilometer.
In this connection, the fuel remaining in the fuel tanks
after landing shall be no more than five percent of the
maximum capacity of the fuel tanks, and the distance covered
during climb and descent shall be taken into account.

((The term "rapid reload" means reloading a silo launcher of
ICBMs in less than 12 hours or a mobile launcher of ICBMs in
less than four hours after a missile has been launched or
removed from such a launcher.))1

The term "reentry vehicle" means that part of the front
section that can survive reentry through the dense layers of
the Earth's atmosphere and that is designed for delivering a
weapon to a target or for testing such a delivery.

((79. (XX) The term "relocation" means the one-way movement
of a deployed mobile launcher of ICBMs and its associated



missile from one declared facility to another declared
facility, or from any location during a routine movement to a
declared facility other than to the maintenance facility
associated with that re stricted area.))1

The term "repair facility" means:

(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility, outside an ICBM
base or a submarine base, for the repair or maintenance of
ICBMs or SLBMs;

(b) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, a specified facility,
outside an ICBM base, for the repair or maintenance of mobile
launchers of ICBMs;

(c) for heavy bombers, a specified facility, outside an air
base, for the repair or maintenance of heavy bombers.

((The term "residual propellant" means, when determining the
maximum calculated throw-weight of an ICBM or an SLBM, the
unusable propellant of a stage and the propellant of a stage
reserved for off-nominal missile technical characteristics
and missile flight conditions, expressed as a percentage of
the total propellant mass of that stage.))1

((The term "re stricted area" means an area within a
deployment area, limited in size, in which deployed mobile
launchers of ICBMs and their associated missiles are based
and in which fixed structures for mobile launchers of ICBMs
may be located.))1

The term "routine movement" means the movement of a deployed
mobile launcher of ICBMs for the purpose of training,
maintenance, or testing that begins and ends at the same
basing area and does not involve movement to any other
declared facility except movement to the maintenance facility
associated with that basing area.

The term "self-contained dispensing mechanism" means a device
that separates from the final stage of a missile together
with the front section and that independently targets and
releases the reentry vehicle or reentry vehicles and
penetration aids.

The term "silo launcher of ICBMs" means a fixed launcher of
ICBMs in a silo structure located in the ground.

The term "silo training launcher" means a full-scale silo
launcher specified for training purposes.

The term "SLBM launcher" means a device intended or used to
contain, prepare for launch, and launch an SLBM.

The term "SLBM loading facility" means a shore-based
facility, outside a submarine base, where SLBMs are loaded
onto or unloaded from ballistic missile submarines.

The term "space launch facility" means a specified facility
from which objects are delivered into the upper atmosphere or
space using ICBMs or SLBMs.

The term "stage" means, for ICBMs or SLBMs, a section of a
missile that is equipped with a propulsion unit, with the


exception of the self-contained dispensing mechanism.

The term "storage facility" means:

(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility, outside an
ICBM base, a submarine base, a test range, or a space launch
facility, for the storage of ICBMs or SLBMs;

(b) for mobile launchers of ICBMs, a specified facility,
outside an ICBM base, a test range, or a space launch
facility, for the storage of mobile launchers of ICBMs;

(c) for heavy bombers, a specified facility, outside an air
base, for the storage of heavy bombers.

The term "submarine base" means a facility at which ballistic
missile submarines are based and that provides shore-based
support for such submarines, which may include the assembly,
loading, maintenance, and storage of SLBMs, unless otherwise
provided for in the Treaty.

The term "submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)" means
a ballistic missile with a range in excess of 600 kilometers
of a type, any one of which has been contained in or launched
from a submarine.

((The term "telemetric information" means information that
originates on board a missile during its flight tests that is
broadcast or recorded for subsequent recovery.))1

The term "test heavy bomber" means a heavy bomber which is
not a deployed heavy bomber, and whose sole purpose is
testing.

The term "test launcher" means an ICBM launcher or an SLBM
launcher located within a test range, unless otherwise
provided for in the Treaty.

The term "test range" means a designated land area, other
than an ICBM base, from which launches of ICBMs or SLBMs are
conducted.

The term "training facility" means:

(a) for ICBMs or SLBMs, a specified facility, outside an
ICBM base or a submarine base, at which personnel are trained
to use, operate, or maintain ICBMs or SLBMs and their
launchers;

(b) for heavy bombers, a facility where training heavy
bombers are based.

The term "training heavy bomber" means a heavy bomber used
for training that is not equipped for nuclear armaments or
non-nuclear armaments.

The term "training launcher" means a silo training launcher
or a mobile training launcher.

The term "training model of a missile" means a full-scale,
inert model of an ICBM or SLBM that is not capable of being
launched and that differs from an ICBM or SLBM on the basis
of external and functional differences that are visible


during inspection.

((The term "transit" means the one-way movement from one
facility or location to another facility or another location
of:

(a) a non-deployed ICBM;

(b) a non-deployed SLBM;

(c) a launch canister that remains after the flight test of
ICBMs for mobile launchers of ICBMs; or

(d) a non-deployed mobile launcher of ICBMs.))1

The term "variant" means:

(a) for heavy bombers, a classification, declared by the
inspected Party, of airplanes of one type and one category
that are distinguishable from other airplanes of the same
type and the same category;

(b) for long-range nuclear ALCMs, a classification, declared
by the inspected Party, of items of the same type that are
distinguishable from other items of the same type;
((and))1

(c) for ICBMs and SLBMs, a classification, declared by the
inspected Party, of ICBMs or SLBMs of the same type that are
distinguishable from other ICBMs or SLBMs of the same type.
((An ICBM or SLBM of a type, a dimension of which differs
from that of another ICBM or SLBM of the same type by more
than three percent, but by less than the appropriate new type
criteria, shall be considered to be a variant. In addition, a
Party may declare an ICBM or SLBM to be a variant if its
dimensions differ by less than three percent from those of
another ICBM or SLBM of the same type.))1

The term "version" means, for mobile launchers of ICBMs a
classification, declared by the inspected Party, based on
external differences from other such items.

((The term (("nuclear warhead"))1 (("warhead"))2 means a unit
of account used ((with respect to deployed ICBMs, deployed
SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers))2 for counting toward the
(((1500-1675)))1 ((aggregate))2 limit ((that has been agreed
by the Parties and that includes reentry vehicles of ICBMs,
reentry vehicles of SLBMs, long-range nuclear ALCMs, and
nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs.))2
((as applied to the number of nuclear-armed reentry vehicles
emplaced on deployed ICBMs and deployed SLBMs, and the number
of nuclear armaments loaded on deployed heavy bombers and
nuclear armaments in nuclear armaments weapons storage areas
associated with air bases where deployed heavy bombers are
based.))1

The term "weapon-delivery vehicle" means, for ballistic
missiles and cruise missiles, a missile of a type, any one of
which has been flight-tested or deployed to carry or be used
as a weapon, that is, as any mechanism or device that, when
directed against any target, is designed to damage or destroy
it.



(( ))1 Proposed by the United States
(( ))2 Proposed by the Russian Federation

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4. (U) Gottemoeller sends.
GRIFFITHS