strategic arms limitation talks (SALT)
- Talks began in 1969, between US and USSR
-By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I) agreed that both countries would limit their number of ICBMs
-SALT II, 1979, intended to accomplish nuclear parity
-SALT II got interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
-1980 Ronald Reagan became President and ended detente
-By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I) agreed that both countries would limit their number of ICBMs
-SALT II, 1979, intended to accomplish nuclear parity
-SALT II got interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
-1980 Ronald Reagan became President and ended detente