Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination [non-ODA]

Strategic Offensive Arms Elimination (SOAE) Program -DoD continues to assist by contracting for and overseeing destruction of strategic weapons delivery systems in accordance with the SOAE Implementing Agreement and applicable Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) provisions, including the START Conversion or Elimination Protocol.

CTR Program assistance remains an incentive for Russia to draw down its Soviet-legacy nuclear forces, thereby reducing opportunities for their proliferation or use.

DoD provides equipment and services to destroy or dismantle ICBMs, ICBM silo launchers, road and rail mobile launchers, SLBMs, SLBM launchers, reactor cores of associated strategic nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and WMD infrastructure.

DoD also supports placement of spent fuel from naval nuclear reactors, referred to as Spent Naval Fuel (SNF), prior to its elimination, into casks designed for long-term storage as well as logistical and maintenance support for equipment.