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Majority of cuts already implemented prior to START follow-on Treaty

In effect, the new limits defined in the START follow-on Treaty set new ceilings close to the reductions that Russia and the US have already achieved.

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START follow-on Treaty entails significant cuts in warheads
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Majority of cuts already implemented prior to START follow-on Treaty
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Russia currently has about 600 strategic delivery vehicles
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Russia will only have to get rid of 190 warheads
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US currently has about 850 strategic delivery vehicles
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US will only have to get rid of 100 warheads
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Russia currently has about 2,787 bombs and warheads
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US currently has 2,252 bombs and warheads
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Limit of 1,550 warheads is 74% lower than the 1991 START Treaty
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Mostly creative accounting rather than real cuts in warheads
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Significance weakened by flexibility within aggregate limits
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US and Russia have seven years to complete the reductions
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