Nuclear Reset - Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE)

74<strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Reset</strong>: Arms Reduction and Nonproliferation12 “The Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta,Apr. 22, 2000.13 Urgent Objectives for Developing the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation(Moscow: The Ministry of Defense, 2003), P. 42.14 SIPRI Yearbook 2009.15 M. Bildanov and A. Anufriyev, “A Bet on Reprisal Strikes,” NationalDefense 45, no.12 (Dec. 2009): PP. 32-35.16 According to Item 3 of Article IX, a “nuclear-weapon State” is one thatmanufactured and detonated a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosivebefore January 1, 1967.17 These two systems are nearly identical, differing only in their warheads(the former has a single warhead, while the latter is MIRVed.) SinceRussia has officially declared the second missile to be a separate systemand given it a name of its own, however, there are reasons to qualify itas such.