Date: June 2nd, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: aromatic hunting ground
warning: i have no idea what i'm talking about and may be horribly wrong.
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ARTICLE X
Article X establishes obligations relating to the use of national technical means of verification of compliance with the provisions of the Treaty. "National technical means" is a term used in a variety of arms control treaties; it refers to those systems, such as reconnaissance satellites, used to collect information useful in verifying compliance with the provisions of the Treaty.
Paragraph 1 establishes that the Parties agree:
(1) to use national technical means of verification at their disposal in a manner consistent with generally recognized principles of international law;
(2) not to interfere with the national technical means of verification of the other Party operating in accordance with this Article (e.g., a Party may not destroy, blind, jam, or otherwise interfere with the national technical means of verification of the other Party that are used in a manner consistent with generally recognized principles of international law); and
(3) not to use concealment measures that impede verification, by national technical means of verification, of compliance with the provisions of the Treaty.
Paragraph 2 clarifies that the obligation not to use concealment measures includes the obligation not to conceal ICBMs, SLBMs, ICBM launchers, or the association between ICBMs or SLBMs and their launchers at test ranges. However, the obligation not to use concealment measures does not apply to cover or concealment practices at ICBM bases or to the use of environmental shelters for strategic offensive arms, since such prohibitions would disrupt normal operations.
The Parties agreed in Part Eight of the Protocol to provisionally apply Article X.
https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/ssipm/sdc/tc/nst/nst-aaa/AAAtext.html
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5732563&forum_id=2:#48981180)