U.S. experts have completed a three-day inspection of a Russian strategic missile base in eastern Siberia, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said today (see GSN, April 29). 

The inspection, conducted under the auspices of START, examined rail-based SS-24 ICBMs and Russia’s compliance with the treaty (Vladislav Kuznetsov, ITAR-Tass, May 19).  The base houses 12 SS-24 missiles, along with four launch trains, according to a START memorandum of understanding that the United States and Russia exchange twice a year (Mike Nartker, GSN, May 19).

Last week, U.S. experts completed an additional three-day inspection of a Russian missile base near Uzhur, according to ITAR-Tass.  The inspection, also conducted under START, examined warheads on SS-18 ICBMs (ITAR-Tass, May 15 in FBIS-SOV, May 15).  As of January, 46 SS-18s were deployed at the base, according to a START memorandum of understanding (Nartker, GSN).

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