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Appendix B SALT II Treaty
Appendix B SALT II Treaty
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Appendix B Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms 289
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As an aid to the reader, the texts of the Agreed Statements and Common Understandings are beneath the articles of the Treaty or Protocol to which they pertain.
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Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers are land-based-launchers of ballistic missiles capable of a range in excess of the shortest distance between the northeastern border of the continental part of the territory of the United States of America and the northwestern border of the continental part of the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, that is, a range in excess of 5,500 kilometers.
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of Article 11 of the Treaty, which otherwise would be of a type equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers shall not be considered to be heavy bombers of a type equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers if they are distinguishable on the basis of externally observable differences from heavy bombers of a type equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers; and (c) airplanes which otherwise would be bombers of a type equipped for ASBMs shall not be considered to be bombers of a type equipped for ASBMs if they have functionally related observable differences which indicate that they cannot perform the mission of a bomber equipped for ASBMs, except that heavy bombers of current types, as designated in subparagraph 3(a)
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Not later than six months after entry i nto force of the Treaty the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will give its thirty-one Myasishchev airplanes used as tankers in existence as of the date of signature of the Treaty functionally related observable differences which indicate that they cannot perform the mission of a heavy bomber. Third Common Understanding.
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The designations by the United States of America and by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for ICBMsand SLBMsequipped with MlRVs correspond in the following manner: Missiles of the type designated by the United States of America as the Minuteman lil and known to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the same designation, a light ICBM that has been flight-tested with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Missiles of the type designated by the United States of America as the Poseiden C-3 and known to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the same designation, an SLBM that was first flight-tested in 1968 and that has been flight-tested with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Missiles of the type designated by the United States of America as the Trident C-4 and known to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the same designation, an SLBM that was first flight-tested in 1977 and that has been flight-tested with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Missiles of the type designated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics es the RS16 and known to the United States of America as the SS-17, a light ICBM that has been flight-tested with a single reentry vehicle and with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Missiles of the type designated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics es the RS18 and known to the United States of America as the SS-19, the heaviest in terms of launch-weight and throw-weight of light ICBMs, which has been flight-tested with a single reentry vehicle and with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles; Missiles of the type designated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as the RS20 and known to the United States of America as the SS-18, the heaviest in terms of launch-weight and throw-weight of heavy ICBMs, which has been flight-tested with a single reentry vehicle and with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles;
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First Agreed Statement. ASBMs of the types which have been flight-tested with MlRVs are all ASBMs of the types which have been flight-tested with two or more independently targetable reentry vehicles, regardless of whether or not they have also been flight-tested with a single reentry vehicle or with multiple reentry vehicles which are not independently targetable.
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Cruise missiles not capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers shall not be considered to be of a type capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers if they are distinguishable on the basis of externally observable design features from cruise missiles of types capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers. Second Agreed Statement.
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Neither Party shall convert unarm-cd, pilotless, guided vehicles into cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers, nor shall either Party convert cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers into unarmed, pilotless, guided vehicles. Fifth Common Understanding.
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6. Subject to the provisions of this Treaty, each Party undertakes not to have under construction at any time strategic offensive arms referred to in paragraph 1 of Article l l l in excess of numbers consistent with a normal construction schedule.
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Common Understanding. During the term of the Treaty, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will not produce, test, or deploy ICBMs of the type designated by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as the RS-14 and known to the United States of America as the SS-16, a light ICBM first flight-tested after 1970 and flight-tested only with a single reentry vehicle; this Common Understanding also means that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will not produce the third stage of that missile, the reentry vehicle of that missile, or the appropriate devicefortargeting the reentry vehicle of that missile.
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The limitations with respect to launch-weight and throw-weight, provided for in the Second Agreed Statement and the Second Common Understanding to paragraph 9 of Article IV of the Treaty, do not preclude the flighttesting or the deployment of ICBMs of the one new type of light ICBM permitted to each Party pursuant to paragraph 9 of Article IV of the Treaty with fewer reentry vehicles, or fewer penetration aids, or both, than the maximum number of reentry vehicles and the maximum number of penetration aids with which ICBMs of that type have been flighttested, even if this results in a decrease in launch-weight or in throw-weight in excess of five percent. In addition to the aforementioned cases, those limitations do not preclude a decrease in launch-weight or in throw-weight in excess of five percent, in the case of the flight-testing or the deployment of ICBMs of that type with a lesser quantity of propellant, including the propellant of a self-contained dispensing mechanism or other appropriate device, than the maximum quantity of propellant, including the propellant of a self-contained dispensing mechanism or other appropriate device, with which ICBMs of that type have been flight-tested, provided that such an ICBM is at the same
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First Agreed Statement. The following types of ICBMs and SLBMs equipped with MlRVs have been flight-tested with the maximum number of reentry vehicles set forth below: For the United States of America ICBMs of the Minuteman lil type—seven reentry vehicles; SLBMs of the Poseidon C-3 type—fourteen reentry vehicles; SLBMs of the Trident C-4 type—seven reentry vehicles For the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ICBMs of the RS-16 type—four reentry vehicles; ICBMs of the RS-18 type—six reentry vehicles; ICBMs of the RS-20 type—ten reentry vehicles; SLBMs of the RSM-50 type—seven reentry vehicles.
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In this Agreed Statement "procedures for releasing or for dispensing" are understood to mean maneuvers of a missile associated with targeting and releasing or dispensing its reentry vehicles to aim points, whether or not a reentry vehicle is actually released or dispensed. Procedures for releasing anti-missile defense penetration aids will not be considered to be procedures for releasing orfordispensing a reentry vehicle so long as the procedures for releasing anti-missile defense penetration aids differ from those for releasing or for dispensing reentry vehicles.
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Second Agreed Statement. During the term of the Treaty no bomber of the B-52 or B-1 types of the United States of America and no bomber of the Tupolev-95 or Myasishchev types of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will be equipped for more than twenty cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers.
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other strategic offensive arms which are finally assembled in a shop, plant, or other facility after they have been brought out of the shop, plant, or other facility where their final assembly has been performed.
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of the Agreed Statement to paragraph 6 of Article Vl of the Treaty for removal of bombers from the aggregate numbers provided for in Articles 111 and V of the Treaty shall be based upon the existence of functionally related observable differences which indicate whether or not they can perform the mission of a heavy bomber, or whether or not they can perform the mission of a bomber equipped forcruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 ki lometers.
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Current test ranges where ICBMs are tested are located: for the United States of America, near Santa Maria, California, and at Cape Canaveral, Florida; and for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in the areas of Tyura-Tam and Plesetskaya. In the future, each Party shall provide notification in the Standing Consultative Commission of the location of any other test range used by that Party to test ICBMs.
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The airplanes referred to in subparagraph (c) of this Agreed Statement shall not be used for testing cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers afterthe expiration of a six-month period from the date of entry into force of the Treaty, unless by the expiration of that period they are distinguishable on the basis of functionally related observable differences from airplanes which otherwise would be of the same type but cannot perform the mission of a bomber equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers.
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Each Party undertakes not to develop, test, or deploy: (a) ballistic missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometersfor installation on waterborne vehicles other than submarines, or launchers of such missiles; Common Understanding to subparagraph (a)
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2. Dismantling or destruction of strategic offensive arms which would be in excess of the aggregate number provided for in paragraph 1 of Article lil shall begin on the date of the entry into force of this Treaty and shall be completed within the following periods from that date: four months for ICBM launchers; six months for SLBM launchers; and three months for heavy bombers.
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Article XIV The Parties undertake to begin, promptly after the entry into force of this Treaty, active negotiations with the objective of achieving, as soon as possible, agreement on further measures for the limitation and reduction of strategic arms. It is also the objective of the Parties to conclude well in advance of 1985 an agreement limiting strategic offensive arms to replace this Treaty upon its expiration.
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Article XVII 1. To promote the objectives and implementation of the provisions of this Treaty, the Parties shall use the Standing Consultative Commission established by the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding the Establishment of a Standing Consultative Commission of December 21, 1972.
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Agreed Statement. In order to maintain the agreed data base on the numbers of strategic offensive arms subject to the limitations provided for in the Treaty in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article XVII of the Treaty, at each regular session of the Standing Consultative Commission the Parties will notify each other of and consider changes in those numbers in the following categories: launchers of ICBMs; fixed launchers of ICBMs; launchers of ICBMs equipped with MlRVs; launchers of SLBMs; launchers of SLBMs equipped with MlRVs; heavy bombers; heavy bombers equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers; heavy bombers equipped only for ASBMs; ASBMs; and ASBMs equipped with MlRVs.
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For the United States of America: JIMMY CARTER President of the United States of America For the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: L BREZHNEV, General Secretary of the CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.
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2. Each Party undertakes not to flight-test cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers which are equipped with multiple independently targetable warheads from sea-based launchers or from land-based launchers.
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Fourth Common Understanding. Neither Party shall convert unarmed, pilotless, guided vehicles into cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers, nor shall either Party convert cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers into unarmed, pilotless, guided vehicles.
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U.S.S.h. Launchers of ICBMs Fixed launchers of ICBMs Launchers of ICBMs equipped with MlRVs Launchers of SLBMs Launchers of SLBMs equipped with M I RVs Heavy bombers Heavy bombers equipped for cruise missiles capable of a range in excess of 600 kilometers Heavy bombers equipped only for ASBMs ASBMs ASBMs equipped with MlRVs 1 ,054 1 ,054 550 656 496 574 o o o o 1 ,398 1 ,398 576 950 128 156 At the time of entry into force of the Treaty the Parties will update the above agreed data in the categories listed in this Memorandum.
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THOMAS GRAHAM, JR. General Counsel United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Statement of Data on the Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms as of the Date of Signature of the Treaty The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics declares that as of June 18, 1979, it possesses the following numbers of strategic offensive arms subject to the limitations provided for in the Treaty which is being signed today: Launchers of ICBMs Fixed launchers of ICBMs 1 ,398 1 ,398
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Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Translation certified by: W.D. Krimer, Senior Language Officer, Division of Language Services, U.S.
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resolution of the issues included in the Protocol to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms in the context of the negotiations relating to the implementation of the principles and objectives set out herein. Fourth.
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320 APPENDIX B measures, as appropriate, to strengthen international peace and security and to red duce the risk of outbreak of nuclear war. Vienna, June 18, 1979 For the United States of America JIMMY CARTER President of the United States of America For the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics L
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At the same time, the Soviet side states that it will not increase the production rate of this airplane as compared to the present rate." President Brezhnev confirmed that the Soviet Backfire production rate would not exceed 30 per year. President Carter stated that the United States enters into the SALT I I Agreement on the basis of the commitments contained in the Soviet statement and that it considers the carrying out of these commitments to be essential to the obligations assumed under the Treaty.
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