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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
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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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| The SALT treaties bring us closer to the brink of war by continuing the policy of Mutually Assured Destruction. A strong defense: As a key leader of the House Armed Services Committee, Larry McDonald spearheaded campaigns for vitally needed weapons systems and exposed the Soviet KGB hand behind disarmament schemes such as the nuclear freeze movement, the SALT treaties, and other efforts that would have made the U. Exploiting our supposed nuclear Achilles' heel, the fanatical adherents of appeasement and arms control have extracted dangerous concessions in national sovereignty -- like the ABM and SALT treaties -- that unilaterally limit our ability to defend ourselves. |
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