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Monitoring and Verification
During the negotiations for New START, verification was one of the core tenets deliberated over between the United States and the Russian Federation. When New START entered into force, both participating states could begin performing inspections on each other. Each state is granted 18 on-site inspections per year, which can be designated into two categories: Type 1 and Type 2 inspections. Type 1 inspections are specific to military bases that house only deployed ICBMs, SLBMs and bombers. Type 2 inspections include facilities that have non-deployed systems as well. Only 10 Type 1 inspections and eight Type 2 inspections are allowed by the treaty each year. States can also announce the arrival of an inspection team with as little notice as 32 hours before. Since 2011, both states have made gradual progress in their reductions over the course of the treaty's lifetime. By February 2018, both parties had reached their reduction goals, well within the treaty limits.