于是冷战时期的“核人质”关系继续维持了下来，最终在2002年的《削减战略进攻性核武器条约》中告一段落，商定各自于2012年将核弹头数量减少到2200枚。
As a result, the “nuclear hostage” relationship of the Cold War continued, capped in 2002 by the Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty, which set the upper limit on warheads at 2,200 by 2012.