Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Nō reira, i hurihia te tiriti START II e te Tiriti Whakaiti i te Tiriti Rautaki
(SORT), i whakaaetia e Bush me te Perehitini o Rūhia a Vladimir Putin i to rātau hui hui i te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi 2001 me te hainatanga i te Huihuinga o Moscow i te 24 o Mei 2002. I whakaae ngā taha e rua ki te whakaiti i ngā matū karihi rautaki e whakamahia ana ki te 1,700 mai i te 2,200 i te tau 2012.