I found this while reading the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II:
2. During each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test undertakes not to engage in any activity that denies full access to telemetric information, including:
(a) the use of encryption;
(b) the use of jamming;
(c) broadcasting telemetric information from an ICBM or SLBM using narrow directional beaming; and
(d) encapsulation of telemetric information, including the use of ejectable capsules or recoverable reentry vehicles.
(omitted)
4. After each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test shall provide, in accordance with Section I of the Protocol on Telemetric Information Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Telemetry Protocol, tapes that contain a recording of all telemetric information that is broadcast during the flight test.
5. After each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test shall provide, in accordance with Section II of the Telemetry Protocol, data associated with the analysis of the telemetric information.
Interesting. We're required by treaty to divulge data on how our weapons work. Is it just me, or does that seem somewhat asinine? Truth be told, it's not that big of a deal, seeing as how a missile's acceleration rate is irrelevant once it's in the air and streaking towards a target, but nonetheless: who the hell though it was a swell idea to REQUIRE that we give potentially useful and/or incriminating information about our weapons systems to the former USSR?
2. During each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test undertakes not to engage in any activity that denies full access to telemetric information, including:
(a) the use of encryption;
(b) the use of jamming;
(c) broadcasting telemetric information from an ICBM or SLBM using narrow directional beaming; and
(d) encapsulation of telemetric information, including the use of ejectable capsules or recoverable reentry vehicles.
(omitted)
4. After each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test shall provide, in accordance with Section I of the Protocol on Telemetric Information Relating to the Treaty, hereinafter referred to as the Telemetry Protocol, tapes that contain a recording of all telemetric information that is broadcast during the flight test.
5. After each flight test of an ICBM or SLBM, the Party conducting the flight test shall provide, in accordance with Section II of the Telemetry Protocol, data associated with the analysis of the telemetric information.
Interesting. We're required by treaty to divulge data on how our weapons work. Is it just me, or does that seem somewhat asinine? Truth be told, it's not that big of a deal, seeing as how a missile's acceleration rate is irrelevant once it's in the air and streaking towards a target, but nonetheless: who the hell though it was a swell idea to REQUIRE that we give potentially useful and/or incriminating information about our weapons systems to the former USSR?