Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms

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Cold War agreement arms control treaty bilateral treaty nuclear arms limitation agreement

The Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms was a 1972 U.S.–Soviet arms control treaty that placed limits on strategic ballistic missile arsenals as part of the early Cold War nuclear détente.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms canonical	3
Interim Agreement on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War agreement ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ nuclear arms limitation agreement ⓘ
allows	replacement of older ICBM launchers with modern ICBM launchers on existing sites ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ surface form: Interim Agreement on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ
category	1972 treaties ⓘ Nuclear weapons policy of the Soviet Union ⓘ Nuclear weapons policy of the United States ⓘ Treaties of the Soviet Union ⓘ Treaties of the United States ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ Detente ⓘ surface form: U.S.–Soviet détente
countrySignatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
duration	5 years ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1972-10-03 ⓘ
expiration	1977 ⓘ
followedBy	SALT II ⓘ surface form: SALT II Treaty
goal	to curb the arms race in strategic ballistic missiles ⓘ to stabilize the strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ
influenced	SALT II ⓘ surface form: SALT II negotiations
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalStatus	expired ⓘ
limits	land-based intercontinental ballistic missile launchers ⓘ submarine-launched ballistic missile launchers ⓘ
negotiatedDuring	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I
partOf	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
policyArea	nuclear weapons ⓘ strategic stability ⓘ
precededBy	unrestricted growth of U.S. and Soviet strategic missile arsenals ⓘ
prohibits	construction of new ICBM launchers ⓘ deliberate concealment measures that impede verification ⓘ interference with national technical means of verification ⓘ
ratifiedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
relatedAgreement	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
setsCeilingFor	number of ICBM launchers for each side ⓘ number of SLBM launchers for each side ⓘ
shortName	SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ surface form: Interim Agreement
signedBy	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
signedInCity	Moscow ⓘ
signedOn	1972-05-26 ⓘ
signedTogetherWith	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
subject	limitation of strategic offensive arms ⓘ
verificationMethod	national technical means of verification ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → resultedIn → Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT I Interim Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interim Agreement on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

SALT → resultedIn → Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ

subject surface form: SALT I

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → alsoKnownAs → Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ

this entity surface form: Interim Agreement on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

United States delegation → resultedIn → Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ