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START I

1991 treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the reduction of strategic offensive arms

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Also known as Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Date: July 31, 1991
Location: Moscow
Country: Russia
Participant: Soviet Union
, United States

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START I was a bilateral treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms. The treaty was signed on 31 July 1991 and entered into force on 5 December 1994. The treaty barred its signatories from deploying more than 6,000 nuclear warheads and a total of 1,600 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and bombers.

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Signatory: George H. W. Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
Different from: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
Effective date: December 5, 1994

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