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carriers and 5,573 warheads, while Russia has 811 carriers and 3,906 charges. George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin signed a reduction agreement in 2002 in Moscow. Under that agreement, which has not expired, the two countries must reduce their nuclear potential to 2,200-1,700 warheads by 2012.Under the new START treaty, the number of warheads should be cut to 1,600-1,675 seven years after it comes into effect. Even if it is signed early next year, it means that by 2017, Russia will have to destroy only 25 more warheads. In other words, in 2017, we"ll reach a level that we would have reached under the 2002 agreement signed by George W. Bush, the president who is widely accused (in America as well) of bringing Russian-U.S. relations to the current low.
In any case, the revived activity around the agreement at least intensified the disarmament process, which had become sluggish during Bush"s term. The question is where Moscow and Washington will move now. It is also
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