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Byrne skips over the most significant event in the last quarter of the 20th century, the collapse of the USSR.

START I was signed July 31, 1991, Start II was signed January 3, 1993. In between the USSR formally dissolved on December 26, 1991. At the Russia had so many nuclear weapons so questionably maintained they had to get rid of them. The START treaties allowed both the U.S. and Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals that were excessive and no longer needed.