Editing START II (section)

{{short description|1993 nuclear arms reduction treaty between the US and Russia}}
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{{Infobox treaty
|name=START II
|long_name=Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II <br /><br />Договор о сокращении стратегических наступательных вооружений
|image=President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II Treaty at a Ceremony in Vladimir Hall, The... - NARA - 186462.tif
|image_width= 250px
|caption= Presidents [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Boris Yeltsin]] sign START II on 3 January 1993 in Vladimir Hall, [[Moscow Kremlin]]
|type=[[Strategic nuclear weapon|Strategic]] [[nuclear disarmament]]
|date_drafted=1991 –  17 June 1992
|date_signed= 3 January 1993
|location_signed=[[Moscow]], Russia
|date_sealed=
|date_effective=  14 April 2000
|condition_effective= Ratification of both parties
|date_expiration= 13 June 2002
|signatories=
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[George H. W. Bush]]
*{{flagicon|Russia|1991}} [[Boris Yeltsin]]
|parties=
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*{{flag|United States}}
*{{flag|Russia|1991}}}}
* {{small|(officially withdrew in 2002)}}
|ratifiers= 
* [[U.S. Senate]]
* [[State Duma]]
|depositor=
|language=
|languages=[[English language|English]], [[Russian language|Russian]]
|wikisource=
}}
'''START II''' ('''Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty''') was a [[bilateral treaty]] between the [[United States]] and [[Russia]] on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. It was signed by [[US President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Russian President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]] on 3 January 1993,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/nuke/control/start2/ |title=START II |work=fas.org |accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> banning the use of [[multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle]]s (MIRVs) on [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s (ICBMs). Hence, it is often cited as the '''De-MIRV-ing Agreement'''.

It was ratified by the [[US Senate]] on 26 January 1996 with a vote of 87–4. Russia ratified START II on 14 April 2000, making it conditional on preserving the [[ABM Treaty]].<ref name=pacer/> When the US withdrew from the ABM Treaty on 13 June 2002, Russia withdrew from START II one day later.<ref name=pacer>{{cite book|title=Russian Foreign Policy Under Dmitry Medvedev, 2008-2012|author=Valerie Pacer|year=2015|page=140}}</ref> Thus, START II never entered into effect.

Instead, [[SORT]] came into effect, which reduced the strategic warheads count per country to 1,700–2,200.