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The U.S. inspection team arrived at the base in July 1992, armed with extensive briefings, maps, and intelligence reports to ensure compliance with the treaty stipulations. They faced the strange paradox of inspecting military equipment that had been built to fight against them while simultaneously hoping to foster a relationship of trust in the newly defined post-Cold War climate. Interestingly, the Russian officials presented figures during this inspection that vastly contradicted previously declared numbers. While in 1991, Russia had reported zero tanks and only 31 armored combat vehicles at the site, the inspection indicated the presence of nearly 1,000 tanks and over 300 armored combat vehicles (ACVs).