During the Start II treaty compliance process, we also learned that much of the Soviet strategic forces were not operational. I knew someone who was on one of t

During the Start II treaty compliance process, we also learned that much of the Soviet strategic forces were not operational. I knew someone who was on one of the inspection teams and a Soviet Strategic Forces officer involved let him look in the missile silos at some of the sites, which he wasn't supposed to do. There was standing water at the bottom of the silos. This means that the missiles were not launch ready and were not being maintained.