Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
Talks began between USA and USSR in 1969
By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I) agreed that both nations would limit their numbers of ICBM's
SALT II in 1979 intended to accomplish nuclear parity
In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected and ended detente
SALT II got interrupted by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan
By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I) agreed that both nations would limit their numbers of ICBM's
SALT II in 1979 intended to accomplish nuclear parity
In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected and ended detente
SALT II got interrupted by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan
Summary
Communications first started about Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the USSR and the USA in 1969. By 1972 SALT I had been put in place by which both nations agreed to limit their number of ICBM's. SALT II was implemented in 1979 to accomplish nuclear parody, but was interrupted, and eventually stopped by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.