Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

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Cold War diplomatic initiative arms control negotiation

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were a series of Cold War negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union aimed at curbing the growth of their nuclear arsenals and stabilizing the nuclear arms race.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 4
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I 3
Cold War détente 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War diplomatic initiative ⓘ
arms control negotiation ⓘ
aimedToLimit anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ
strategic offensive arms ⓘ
context nuclear arms race ⓘ
countryInvolved Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
diplomaticLevel bilateral ⓘ
field international security ⓘ
nuclear arms control ⓘ
followedBy START I ⓘ
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ
hasPart SALT I ⓘ
SALT II ⓘ
influencedBy Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
mutual assured destruction doctrine ⓘ
initiatedBy Soviet government ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
limitedWeaponType intercontinental ballistic missiles ⓘ
strategic nuclear delivery systems ⓘ
submarine-launched ballistic missiles ⓘ
locationOfNegotiations Geneva ⓘ
Helsinki ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
mainGoal limit strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ
stabilize the nuclear arms race ⓘ
negotiatingParty Soviet delegation ⓘ
U.S. delegation ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy unilateral nuclear build-up by the Soviet Union ⓘ
unilateral nuclear build-up by the United States ⓘ
relatedAgreement Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
surface form: ABM Treaty

SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ
relatedConcept arms race ⓘ
detente ⓘ
resultedIn Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms ⓘ
SALT II ⓘ
surface form: SALT II Treaty
shortName SALT ⓘ
significantFor United States–Soviet Union relations ⓘ
surface form: U.S.–Soviet relations

strategic stability ⓘ
startYear 1969 ⓘ
subjectOf nuclear arms control history ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

SALT I → fullName → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I
SALT II → fullName → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
Helsinki Accords → historicalContext → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cold War détente
SALT I → includes → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms
United States–Soviet Union relations → keyAgreement → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I
United States–Soviet Union relations → keyAgreement → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
SALT I Interim Agreement → negotiatedDuring → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I
White House Years → notableEventCovered → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → partOf → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cold War détente
SALT I Interim Agreement → partOf → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Paul Nitze → participantIn → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → relatedTo → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → relatedTreaty → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks