today, today, the new start agreement only seeks 35 russian sites to inspect because kazakstan, byelarus, and ukraine no longer have any nuclear weapons. those weapons were consolidated in russia and the sites in russia were reduced. so it's not -- you don't want an apples-and-oranges comparison here. the comparison of how many fixed number of inspections there were back in 1992 is simply not applicable to what you need in 2010, given the change of locations, the change of relationship, and -- and the numbers of sites where there are nuclear weapons. now, the comparison is also problematic beyond that because, in fact, under the move start -- under the new start, the inspections that we do have, because of the way they've been set up in the type i, type ii and the way they've been laid out, they're actually about two inspections equivalent to one inspection under start i. let me explain that. under the original start treaty, an inspection of a missile to see whether or not it had too many warheads, that inspection of a missile was counted as a separate inspection from so-called update in

under start i, we had byelarus, kazakhstan, ukraine, and russia. mr. inhofe: would the senator yield for a unanimous consent request? mr. kerry: i'd be happy to as long as i don't lose right to the floor. the presiding officer: the sno senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i ask that the time be extended for 10 minutes, five minutes adid i believe for the senator from massachusetts and five minutes adid i believe for the senator from south dakota. the presiding officer: is there objection? carlucci i just want to make sure ow folks are okay because people were planning schedules around it. mr. kerry: i just want to make sure our folks are okay because people were planning schedules around it. no objection, mr. president. the presiding officer: no objection. without objection. mr. kerry: secretary gates said this about the number of inspections. let me finish that thought about the difference. so when we had those four countries, we had 70 sites that were subject to inspection. under this treaty, there are 35 sites subject to inspection, but they're all in

the ukraine, kazakhstan, byelarus have no nuclear weapons any longer. 7,500 nuclear warheads have been deactivated. 32 ballistic missile submarines, 1400 long-range nuclear missiles, 15 nuclear bombers. i want to again say that i have in my desk a piece of wing from a backfirebomber, and we didn't shoot this down. this is a backfire bomber if -- i ask unanimous consent to show it. this is a backfirebomber that as a result of nunn-lugar we sawed the wings off. how is it that i stand on the floor of the senate with the piece of a bomber that used to carry nuclear weapons threatening to destroy this country? well, i do that because we know these work. in the ukraine i say it is nuclear-freevment this is a hinge from a silo that contained a nuclear weapon -- tipped nuclear weapon aimed at the united states of america. well, this piece from a sigh slow containing an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead aimed at america, that silo doesn't exist. the nuclear weapon is gong. the missile is gone. and there are now sunflower seeds planted there. i tell you we understand what

weapons, their facilities, their delivery vehicles and warheads in russia, kazakhstan, ukraine and byelarus and these inspections fulfill a crucial national security interest by greatly reducing the possibility wee. we would be surprised by future advancement in russian weapons technology or deployment. only through ratification of the new start will united states technicians return to russia to resume verification. new start verification should not be evaluated by cold war standards. during the cold war, we wanted to constrain the arms race and kpwaouf stability by encouraging -- improve stability by encouraging a shift away from icbms with multiple warheads. neither of these objectives remain today. start was negotiated at a time when the former soviet union had more than 10,000 nuclear warheads on more than 6,000 missiles and bombers, most of them targeted against united states and our allies. under new start, the united states and russia each would deploy no more than 1,550 warheads for strategic deterrence. seven years from entry into force, the russian federation is likely to have onl

as a result, the ukraine, kazakhstan and byelarus are now free of nuclear weapons. think of that. free of nuclear weapons. albania has no more chemical weapons. 7,500 nuclear warheads have been deactivated as a result of this program. the weapons of mass destruction that have been eliminated, 32 ballistic missile submarines, 1,400 long-range nuclear missiles, 906 nuclear air to surface missiles, 155 bombers that carried nuclear weapons. well, it isn't hard to see the success of this. and i've shown before and will again the photographs of what nunn-lugar means and its success. you can argue with a lot of things on this floor, but not photographic evidence, it seems to me. this is the explosion of an ss-18 missile silo that held a missile with a nuclear warhead aimed very likely at an american city. well, in explosion was, but that missile silo was detonated, explode, and the silo is gone, the missile is gone, the nuclear warhead is gone, and there are now sunflower seeds planted. it is such an important symbol of the success of these kinds of agreements. this photograph is about t

weapons, their facilities, their delivery vehicles and warheads in russia, kazakhstan, ukraine and byelarus and these inspections fulfill a crucial national security interest by greatly reducing the possibility wee. we would be surprised by future advancement in russian weapons technology or deployment. only through ratification of the new start will united states technicians return to russia to resume verification. new start verification should not be evaluated by cold war standards. during the cold war, we wanted to constrain the arms race and kpwaouf stability by encouraging -- improve stability by encouraging a shift away from icbms with multiple warheads. neither of these objectives remain today. start was negotiated at a time when the former soviet union had more than 10,000 nuclear warheads on more than 6,000 missiles and bombers, most of them targeted against united states and our allies. under new start, the united states and russia each would deploy no more than 1,550 warheads for strategic deterrence. seven years from entry into force, the russian federation is likely to have onl