New START builds on a legacy of strategic nuclear arms limitation that goes back to the 1970’s. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger captured the allure in recent testimony: “The subject of nuclear arms control grew out of the seemingly paradoxical effort of those who had created the largest and most destructive arsenals to avoid by negotiation the ultimate consequences of their own decisions.”
新条约是建立在1970年代限制战略核武器的政治遗产之上的。而前美国国务卿亨利·基辛格最近的证词则吸引了大家的眼球，他说：“对于那些拥有最为庞大且最具破坏力的军火库，却又矛盾地想通过谈判来避免承受自己（发射）决定的最终后果的人来说，核武器控制问题已经超出了他们原先设想的范畴。”