text: 29" lleither the baslc structure nor the techni.ca] details o? such intelligence,conmand., contTol and conmunications syst€ms are publicry knor,rn. rt is obvious,hor,re-ver, that they could be designed to serve either a central-ized or adecentralized command authority. rt is also obvious - from several press reportsof false alarms ovex the lrgs1s - that the systems are not infallibLe. tr'or thisreason there is a growing concern that control may sone day fai1, und.er theinfluence of, for example, a false message or a misunderstood cormard. and thatnuclear var is thus triggered inadvertentl-y, D,Thg..-lr31in stle!-ggi-c gtlgry.ls- oq_ths -:s_rlL911e_,or,r91 s ! / 30" fn the proposed SAI,T ff treaty J/ be_tween the Uniteai States and the sovi et union ' there is an exchange of data ;; ;;; J;.;.gic nuclear forces of bo'i sides. The forces in question are.those with capability. to tnreaten the super-poraers'ort'n homelands. i.e." vhat is sometimes ""r""""i"o as central strategic systems,. -4/ Figures pertaining to numbers and characteristics of weapons quoted in this chapter are based on data given in SIpRI ieqlboo5_1ggo-., -r;;lnii;;?ff -Bgrgg-g (19?g -1g80 ) " rnternationar i""iit"#i; blrategf,c studies , London , unl"es s othervise stated. J/ As at l-2 July L9B0 this treaty had not been ratified.Ll35/392 English Annex rage 1o In the 'l'{enorandum of Understand.ing Regarding llstablishnent of a Data Base the two countries for the first time have declared their possession of the fo11on'inf nunbers of such strategic arns as at 18 Jrrt:e l_979: Launchers of fCEUs Fixed launche"s of Larrnchers of ICEMS La.unchers 'of SLBMS Lar.rnchers of SLBIIS HeavJr bonbers United thos eICBvls equrpped wlth I'4It(v s9l_i-tS$-!!atSS _1 , O5)+ I ,051+ \96 573 3 0USSN 550 608 655 9501,398 I ,398 f44 r )o 0 0equipped with I{IRVs Hea'qr bombers equipped for cruise nissiles capable of range in excess of 600 kn. ASBMs ( ai r-t,o-.surface ballistic nissil-es)
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union regarding nuclear forces and strategic systems. The language used is technical and focuses on the details of military systems, suggesting that the text is related to national security and defense. The mention of "intelligence, command, control and communications systems" and "nuclear war" further supports this analysis.