Agreement Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine about Cooperation in the Development Serial Production and Operation of Missiles Missile Launchers and Space Vehicles Parties to the present Agreement Considering it expedient to ensure the maximum security and reliability of exploitation of strategic means in armed forces and the unconditional implementation of international treaties regarding reductions of strategic armaments Assuming a mutual interest in the creation of favorable conditions for the development of relations between enterprises and ruling out unjustified material expenses unavoidable in the event of the disruption of existing ties between organizations and enterprises agree on the following 1 To preserve the existing economic ties cooperation and order of mutual payments between enterprises and organizations of Russia and Ukraine in the development serial production and exploitation of missiles missile launchers and space vehicles on the basis of mutual benefit and not allowing for actions that could inflict economic damage to each other Therefore to consider the most important the projects included in the coordinated list attached to the present agreement 2 To entrust the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Machine-Building Military-Industrial Complex and Conversion of Ukraine together with the command of the Strategic Deterrent Forces with developing a full list of joint projects for 1992-1995 as well as proposals for financing such projects 3 To carry out in 1992-1995 scientific research and experimental and design work and mutual reciprocal shipments of armaments and military equipment as well as associated spare parts according to direct contracts between the buyer the Strategic Deterrent Forces Ministries of Defense of Russia and Ukraine and the enterprises preserving the economic ties payments inspection procedures finishing completion and testing of complexes and systems on the test sites of the Russian Federation Plesetsk Kapustin Yar and Ukraine The sides guarantee the supply of raw materials and spare parts for the production of armaments and military equipment From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Based on the Agreement on Principles of Providing the Armed Forces of the memberstates of the Commonwealth of Independent States with Arms Military Equipment and other material means the organization of scientific research and experimental and design work Kiev 20 03 92 4 To consider it expedient to address Kazakhstan and Belarus with proposals to conclude similar agreements B Yeltsin President of Ukraine L Kravchuk From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive President of the Russian Federation Attachment # To Agreement From “…” 1992 LIST 1 Warranty and repair service for armaments and military equipment upon request from the Main Command of the Unified Armed Forces of the Commonwealth and the Ministries of Defense of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in the interest of maximum security of operation of the strategic systems 2 Ensuring coordinated actions in the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty 3 Further serial production of the heavy missile RS-20 SS-18 in accordance with the START Treaty upon request from the Main Command of the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth 4 Completion of the testing SLI Russian acronym TBT of the heavy missile RS20 with guided warhead OKR Russian acronym TBT Voevoda 18H with guided warhead 5 Flight and design finishing with the start of flight testing in the second quarter of 1992 and serial production of the missile system RT2-PM2 with a goal of scheduled replacement of the outdated and nearing the term of service systems with mono-warheads UR 100K and RT2P as well as system “Topol” and system with missile UR100H 6 Development and implementation of measures to improve system 15P961 for nuclear safety and for removal of concerns which were identified in the process of the testing SLI OKR “Sovershenstvo” Perfection OKR VTP-1 OKR “Shchit” Shield OKR “Zaryadie 2-61 ” OKR “Pereosnashchnie” Retrofitting NIR “Garantiya” Guarantee 7 Continuation of joint work on the design of future missile systems RT-23M “Yermak” and R36M3 “Ikar” with improved ability to overcome means created in the SDI framework From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Of the most important projects on missile and missile-space technology in the interests of the Strategic Deterrence Forces and national missile-space programs of the Russian Federation and Ukraine 8 Continuation of serial production of the launcher missile “Tsiklon” Cyclone to ensure launches of spaceships in accordance with approved programs 9 Completion of testing and continuation of serial production of medium class launcher missile “Zenit-2 ” 11 Joint development of space vehicles in the interests of the Strategic Deterrent Forces “Tselina 2R ” “Tselina 2S ” “Labyrinth of Science Exploration” Program AUOS and Rational Use of Natural Resources and Ecological Control “OceanA” 12 Development of projects for conversion of strategic and other armaments use of heavy missiles RS-20 for launching spaceships—project “Space Industry ” and for the purpose of providing assistance to those involved in accidents—project “Vita” From the Russian Federation Ye Gaidar From Ukraine V Fokin From the Strategic Deterrent Forces Yu Maksimov Source Vitaly Kataev Collection Hoover Institution Archives Translated by Svetlana Savranskaya for the National Security Archive From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive 10 Further improvement of medium class launcher missile “Zenit-2” by outfitting it with an accelerating third stage OKR “Zenit-KB” “Zenit-3” and also work on improved versions for launching manned space ships OKR “Zenit-P”