Welcome to U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC / ARSTRAT) New Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty (NST) and Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INFT)
Implementing Agent (IA) Website
This website provides U.S. Army personnel with relevant arms control
information as well as, policy, implementation, and compliance guidance to
help ensure the Army continues to comply with all U.S. international
obligations.
For any additional questions or concerns, please
contact:
SMDC-JA-PM
256-955-9992
John.Fairlamb@smdc.army.mil
John Fairlamb, PhD
Political Military Affairs Advisor
Dr. Fairlamb became the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) Political Military
Affairs Advisor on April 1, 2005, following an extended detail to the
Office of Compact Negotiations in the U.S. Department of State where he
participated in negotiations to amend the Compact Agreements with the
Republic of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Born in Meadville, Pa.,
Dr. Fairlamb earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The
Citadel (1969), a master’s in West European Area Studies (1977), and a
doctorate in International Relations (1981) from the University of South
Carolina. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff
College, the Army War College and the Army Ranger School.
Following Commissioning as a Regular Army Infantry Officer, Dr. Fairlamb
served in a mechanized infantry battalion in Germany before deploying to
Vietnam where he commanded a company (1971-72). In 1973, Dr. Fairlamb
was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division where he served as a rifle
company commander and aide-de-camp to the division commander. Following
selection as an Army Foreign Area Officer and two years of post-graduate
work, he was assigned in the Social Sciences Department at West Point
where he taught courses in International Relations and American Foreign
and National Security Policy (1979-82).
In other assignments, Dr. Fairlamb served as the executive assistant to
the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium, on the Army Staff
in the Strategy and Policy Division, in the Department of State in the
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and as the deputy to the
Ambassador-at-Large for Burden sharing, and as the United States Defense
and Army Attaché in Belgium/Luxemburg (1992-96) and Austria (1996-1999).
Dr. Fairlamb retired from active duty in 1999 at the rank of colonel.
Dr. Fairlamb’s military decorations include the Bronze Star, two awards
of the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Defense
Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the Meritorious Service
Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Belgian Military Cross, 2nd
Class, and Belgian Para commando Wings.
New START Treaty
New START Treaty Protocol
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty
1988 Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement
1967 Outer Space Treaty and other agreements related to operations in space
Open Skies
Ballistic Missile Defense and NST
Comparison of the START Treaty, Moscow Treaty, and New START Treaty
Conventional Prompt Global Strike
NST and Bilateral Consultative Commission
New START Treaty (NST) Impacts on Army Activities
NST Overview Briefing
Camp Navajo
INF Treaty Overview Briefing
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Briefing
Historical Background: The Former START Treaty and Impact on the Army
U.S. State
Department Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI)
Mission
USASMDC/ARSTRAT conducts space and missile defense operations and
provides planning, integration, control and coordination of Army forces and
capabilities in support of U.S. Strategic Command missions (strategic
deterrence, integrated missile defense, and space operations); serves as the
Army force modernization proponent for space, high altitude and global
missile defense; serves as the Army operational integrator for global
missile defense; and conducts mission-related research and development in
support of Army Title 10 responsibilities.
Vision
USASMDC/ARSTRAT – a diverse, complex, and global command that provides
critical capabilities to our Army, USSTRATCOM, COCOMs/ASCCs; in synch with
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Command Goal
To provide dominant space and missile defense capabilities for the Army
and to plan for and integrate those capabilities in support of U.S.
Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC)
missions.
August 13-16
15th Space and Missile Defense Conference
July 30-August 2
Army Space Cadre Symposium
July 30-August 2
National Fire Control Symposium
October 22-24
AUSA Annual Meeting and Expo