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MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political...
any case the ceiling to be set by the pact will easily allow both sides "to project military power" while having a "strong deterrence factor," using the Pentagon"s terminology. The two countries must have already agreed verification procedures and resolved the issue of "return potential": the removed and stockpiled warheads, mainly in the United States, that can be returned to operation at short notice.Unfortunately, there is a long way between "giving birth" to this new agreement and "teaching it to walk and talk." In this sense, today is not the best moment for the new START Treaty to appear. A host of outraged Republicans in the U.S. Senate still stand between the signing of the pact and its ratification, and are likely to impose requirements on President Barack Obama in return for his nuclear deal with Moscow. Another obstacle on the path to ratification will be November"s Congressional elections, which will see a complete change in the composition of the lower house
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