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SALT Treaty
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SALT Treaty
Facts - 1: The Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks (SALT) were negotiations between the
United States and the Soviet Union as part of the policy
of Detente, that would contain
the
Cold War Arms
Race by curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles that
were capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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2: SALT I was the first of the Strategic
Arms Limitation talks between the USSR and the U.S. that
began in November 1969 and ended in January 1972.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 3: Leonid Brezhnev met with U.S.
President Richard Nixon in May 1972 in which they agreed to produce
a treaty that would contain the arms race.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 4: The talks known as SALT 1
resulted in the signing of two treaties: the Anti-Ballistic Missile
treaty (ABM) and the Interim Agreement on the Limitation of
Strategic Offensive Arms.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 5: The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABMT) was
ratified by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 1972.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 6: The provisions of
the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty (ABMT) included
the regulation of antiballistic missiles that could be
used to destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic
missiles (ICBM’s) launched by other countries.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 7: In the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty both the US and the USSR
agreed that each side would be limited to 100
interceptor missiles and only one launching area for
Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABM’s).
SALT Treaty
Facts - 8: The Interim
Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
had a five year duration period that would freeze the
number of strategic ballistic missiles, such as the
ICBM’s and the submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM’s),
at the current 1972 levels.
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9: Following SALT I
the two nations had developed different nuclear arms
strategies. The U.S. concentrated on developing missiles
with a greater accuracy whilst the Soviets focused on
developing larger warheads for their weapons
SALT Treaty
Facts - 10: The change in
strategies resulted in the continuance of negotiations
referred to as SALT II. On June 18, 1979 Leonid Brezhnev
and President Jimmy Carter signed the SALT II treaty.
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11: The SALT II treaty
provided for more specific regulations on the different
types of missiles. Each side was limited to no more then
2400 weapons systems and caps were set on the number of
strategic launchers and the various types of missiles.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 12: In September 1979, three
months after the signing of SALT II, the United States discovered
that a Soviet ground forces combat unit was stationed in Cuba. Then,
in December 1979 the USSR invaded Afghanistan beginning the
Soviet–Afghan War (December 1979 - February 1989).
SALT Treaty
Facts - 13: The relations between the US and the USSR
deteriorated to such an extent that the period of Detente ended.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 14: SALT II was sent to the Senate
to be ratified, but due to the increased tensions between the two
nations, President Jimmy Carter pushed the treaty aside.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 15:
Although SALT II was not ratified both the
Americans and the Soviets voluntarily adhered to the
provisions for reduced limits on strategic weapons for
many years to come.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 16: Subsequent
negotiations between the two super powers began in 1982
and were named the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
(START).
SALT Treaty
Facts - 17: The Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
(START) were aimed at reducing the US and Soviet
arsenals of nuclear warheads and of the missiles and
bombers capable of delivering such weapons.
SALT Treaty
Facts - 18: The Strategic Arms
Reduction Talks (START) spanned a period that witnessed
the
Collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold
War.
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SALT Treaty - President Richard Nixon Video
The article on the SALT Treaty provides detailed facts and a summary of one of the important events during his presidential term in office. The following
Richard Nixon video will
give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the
37th American President
whose presidency spanned from
January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974.
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Summary of the SALT Treaty in US history
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Richard Nixon Presidency from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977
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