NSDD 53 United States Approach to Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Negotiations IV

GBCRET 2 - Require that all deployed missiles retired to achieve the accounted for and limited by constraints on the total in- limit of 850 deployed missiles must either be directly ventory of non-deployed missiles, or be dismantled and destroyed under agreed procedures. (8) Require that non-deployed missiles of types that are no longer deployed must be dismantled and destroyed under agreed procedures. intent of the above constraints is to assure that only The non-deployed missiles for which there exists a legitimate allowed. training, testing or maintenance requirement are components from retired types, and for new types missiles also launch boosters using retired missile types or of Special provisions may need to be negotiated for booster space requiring development testing. Special provisions limited may need to be negotiated so as not to restrict the the possession of new types of missiles produced pending availability of a launcher permitting their deployment. -- that all empty launchers associated with missiles be dis- retired Require to meet the limit of 850 deployed missiles, mantled and destroyed under agreed procedures. -- that, with the exception of the one or two to non- deployed Require missiles permitted per launch complex missiles support be training and maintenance, all non-deployed located stored limited number of designated facilities at a at specific a distance from operational missile complexes. 00% Quantitative Constraints on Non-deployed Ballistic Missiles The the quantity of non-deployed ballistic missiles (both following constraint is intended to place a direct ICBMs limit and on SLBMs) possessed by both sides. -- Require a numerical limit be applied to the total the inventories number of non-deployed ballistic Non-deployed missiles missiles possessed above in the allowed limit of would both have sides. to be dismantled and destroyed under agreed procedures. Data Exchange. The updates U.S. as needed, to support the proposed on non- should require the exchange of data, constraints to include periodic deployed missiles. UNCLASSIFIED SECURITY