Article II 1. Each Party shall limit the aggregate throw-weight of its deployed ICBMs and deployed SLBMs so that seven years after entry into force of this Treaty and thereafter such aggregate throw-weight does not exceed metric tons. Article III 1. For the purposes of counting toward the maximum aggregate limits provided for in subparagraphs 1 a , 2 a i , and 2 b i of Article II of this Treaty: a Each deployed ICBM and its associated launcher shall be counted as one unit; each deployed SLBM and its associated launcher shall be counted as one unit.
A launch canister shall not be considered to contain an ICBM if it contains a training model of a missile or has been placed on static display. A procedure for dispensing penetration aids shall not be considered to be a procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles, provided that the procedure for dispensing penetration aids differs from a procedure for dispensing reentry vehicles.
Each heavy bomber equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs in excess of such heavy bombers shall be attributed with a number of warheads equal to the number of long-range nuclear ALCMs for which it is actually equipped. The United States of America shall specify the heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs that are in excess of such heavy bombers by number, type, variant, and the air bases at which they are based.
The number of long-range nuclear ALCMs for which each heavy bomber equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs in excess of such heavy bombers is considered to be actually equipped shall be the maximum number of long-range nuclear ALCMs for which a heavy bomber of the same type and variant is actually equipped.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall specify the heavy bombers equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs that are in excess of such heavy bombers by number, type, variant, and the air bases at which they are based. All heavy bombers not equipped for long-range nuclear ALCMs shall be considered to be heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments other than long-range nuclear ALCMs, with the exception of heavy bombers equipped for non-nuclear armaments, test heavy bombers, and training heavy bombers.
