It specifies 30 May 1994 as the deadline for detargeting, and states that "for the first time in nearly half a century -- virtually since the dawn of the nuclear age -- Russia and United States will not operate nuclear forces, day-to-day, in a manner that presumes they are adversaries."
根据协议，1994年5月30日是不再瞄准的截止日期，并指出这是“将近半个世纪以来——实际上自从原子时代的到来开始——俄罗斯和美国第一次不再日复一日地以假定他们是敌人的方式来使用核力量”。