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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, see disarmament, nuclear disarmament, nuclear, the reduction and limitation of the various nuclear weapons in the military forces of the world's nations. The atomic bombs dropped (1945) on Japan by the United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming destructive potential of ..... Click the link for more information. . Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)Negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic nuclear missiles. The first round of negotiations began in 1969 and resulted in a treaty regulating antiballistic missiles and freezing the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. It was signed by Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon in 1972. A second round of talks (1972–79), known as SALT II, addressed the asymmetry between the two sides' strategic forces and ended with an agreement to limit strategic launchers (see MIRV). Signed by Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter, it was never formally ratified by the U.S. Senate, though its terms were observed by both sides. Subsequent negotiations took the name Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START). See also intermediate-range nuclear weapons; Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This does not conform to the spirit of the SALT II Treaty, which was ratified by Russia in April 2000 and calls for a reduction to 3,500 strategic nuclear warheads for both sides. But, as Brzezinski noted, SALT II and other agreements were of mutual benefit, so the Soviets had little incentive to cancel talks. Cordaro's reputation as a radical was cemented in November 1979, when The Washington Post ran a six-column, front-page photograph that caught him dumping a bag of ashes at the feet of President Carter during a briefing on the SALT II treaty. |
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