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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Texts

• TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE LIMITATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS 26 May 1972
  • AGREED STATEMENTS, COMMON UNDERSTANDINGS, AND UNILATERAL STATEMENTS REGARDING THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE LIMITATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILES 26 May 1972
  • TREATY ON THE LIMITATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS - Article by Article Analysis -- JUNE 13, 1972

• Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972 - December 21, 1972

• STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION PROTOCOL 30 May 1973
  • STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION REGULATIONS 30 May 1973

• PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE LIMITATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS 03 July 1974
• PROCEDURES GOVERNING DISMANTLING OR DESTRUCTION, AND NOTIFICATION THEREOF, FOR ABM SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS 03 July 1974
  • PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING REPLACEMENT, DISMANTLING OR DESTRUCTION 03 July 1974

• SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL TO THE PROTOCOL ON PROCEDURES GOVERNING REPLACEMENT, DISMANTLING OR DESTRUCTION, AND NOTIFICATION THEREOF, FOR ABM SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS 28 October 1976
  • Agreed Statement Regarding Section III, Paragraph 5 of the Procedures Governing Replacement, Dismantling or Destruction, and Notification Thereof, for ABM Systems and Their Components October 28, 1976
  • PROCEDURES GOVERNING REPLACEMENT, DISMANTLING OR DESTRUCTION, AND NOTIFICATION THEREOF, FOR ABM SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPONENTS October 28, 1976

• FIRST REVIEW OF THE TREATY - COMMUNIQUE OF THE US-USSR STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION November 21, 1977

• STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION AGREED STATEMENT November 1, 1978
  • STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER BUCHHEIM November 1, 1978
  • STATEMENT BY COMMISSIONER USTINOV November 1, 1978

• SECOND REVIEW OF THE TREATY - COMMUNIQUE OF THE US-USSR STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION December 15, 1982

• AIR DEFENSE RADARS AT TEST RANGES - STANDING CONSULTATIVE COMMISSION COMMON UNDERSTANDING June 6, 1985

• Third ABM Treaty Review
  • United States Unilateral Statement Following ABM Treaty Review August 31, 1988
  • Soviet Statement in Connection with the Third Review of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems 01 September 1988

• JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN STATEMENT ON A GLOBAL PROTECTION SYSTEM 17 June 1992

• FOURTH REVIEW OF THE ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE (ABM) TREATY: JOINT COMMUNIQUE October 1, 1993

• U.S.-Russian Framework Approach on Demarcation Between ABM and Theater Ballistic Missile Defense (TMD) Systems, November 8, 1995

• U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE - 24 September 1996

• TEXT: JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN STATEMENT ON ABM TREATY Clinton Yeltsin Helsinki Summit 21-Mar-97

• COMMUNIQUE ON THE SIGNING OF THE ABM TREATY DOCUMENTS 26 September 1997
  • JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON THE SIGNING OF THE ABM TREATY DOCUMENTS September 26, 1997
  • SEQUENCE OF SIGNING CEREMONY 26 September 1997

    ABM/TMD Demarcation

  • Standing Consultative Commission First Agreed Statement Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972 (Common Understandings included) - September 26, 1997
  • Standing Consultative Commission Second Agreed Statement Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems of May 26, 1972 (Common Understandings included) - September 26, 1997
  • Agreement on Confidence-Building Measures Related to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - September 26, 1997
  • Standing Consultative Commission Joint Statement on the Annual Exchange of Information on the Status of Plans and Programs With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - September 26, 1997
    • Statement by the United States of America on Plans With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - 26 September 1997
    • Statement by the Republic of Belarus on Plans With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - 26 September 1997
    • Statement by the Republic of Kazakhstan on Plans With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - 26 September 1997
    • Statement by the Russian Federation on Plans With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - 26 September 1997
    • Statement by Ukraine on Plans With Respect to Systems to Counter Ballistic Missiles Other Than Strategic Ballistic Missiles - 26 September 1997

    ABM Succession Documents

  • Memorandum of Understanding - September 26, 1997
  • Regulations of the Standing Consultative Commission - September 26, 1997

  NMD Re-negotiation Documents

• NMD PROTOCOL: TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION [19 January 2000]
  • Unilateral Statement
  • PROTOCOL TO THE TREATY
  • ANNEX TO THE PROTOCOL
• 6 September 2000 Strategic Stability Cooperation Initiative Between the United States of America and Russian Federation Text of the Implementation Plan
• RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND EXPANSION OF COOPERATION IN OTHER AREAS TO TRACK MISSILE AND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY PROLIFERATION [19 January 2000]