Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms

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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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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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ