Russian team arrives to inspect missile system
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Russian Federation inspection team arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base to make sure the United States is complying with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The U.S. sends similar teams to inspect the strategic weapons facilities of the former Soviet Union. The inspections are part of the START I accord, which went into effect in 1994.
The inspections, which are not open to the news media under treaty provisions, last several days. Vandenberg is on the list of inspection sites because it houses ICBMs.
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