UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO THE STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION AT THE CLOSING PLENARY OF THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION, MARCH 18, 1998
Coordinated Statement on the Beginning of Acceleration Profiles
The United States notes that a missile acceleration profile to be provided pursuant to paragraph 2 of Section II of the Telemetry Protocol will begin no later than the time of ignition of the first stage motor of the missile and will cover the periods during which the stages or self-contained dispensing mechanism are imparting acceleration to the missile. It also notes that the provisions of paragraph 5 of Annex 2 to the Telemetry Protocol are used in determining the point in time when such a profile terminates.
If due to any circumstances the United States is unable to provide telemetric information containing data necessary to determine missile acceleration, the calculated missile acceleration profile to be provided may begin from the point in time when the missile begins its movement relative to its launching device.
Unilateral Statement by the United States of America on the Beginning of Acceleration Profiles
Missile acceleration profiles, derived from either estimated or measured data, will begin no later than the time of ignition of the first stage motor. The United States has no plans to change its current practice of providing either measured or estimated missile acceleration profiles for Trident SLBMs beginning at a point in time not later than first stage motor ignition. The United States notes that the formulation in today's plenary statements regarding providing acceleration profiles allows, but does not require, the testing Party to provide a missile acceleration profile beginning when the missile begins its movement relative to its launching device.