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New type — applicable to ICBMs or MIRVs, the technical characteristics of which differ from the technical characteristics of previously declared ICBMs or MIRVs of each type, in at least one of the following respects: a) in terms of the number of stages; b) in terms of the type of fuel used in any stage; c) either in terms of the length of the assembled rocket without the warhead, or in terms of the length of the first stage by more than three percent; d) in terms of the diameter of the first stage by more than three percent1.

  1. Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, amended on 2011-02-28, art. XVI. ↩

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