SALT I

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Cold War treaty arms control agreement

SALT I was a landmark 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited strategic ballistic missile systems and marked a major step in easing Cold War tensions.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
SALT I canonical	8

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War treaty ⓘ arms control agreement ⓘ
aimedTo	limit strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ reduce risk of nuclear war ⓘ stabilize U.S.–Soviet strategic balance ⓘ
allowedModernizationOfExistingMissiles	yes ⓘ
allowedNumberOfABMSitesPerSide	2 ⓘ
category	international security treaty ⓘ nuclear weapons policy ⓘ
considered	major step in détente ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ
countrySignatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectOnRelations	eased U.S.–Soviet tensions ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1972-10-03 ⓘ
expiration	1977-10-03 ⓘ
followedBy	SALT II ⓘ
frozeNumberOfExistingICBMLaunchers	yes ⓘ
fullName	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I
includes	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
laterReducedABMSitesPerSideTo	1 ⓘ
limitedNewICBMLaunchers	yes ⓘ
limitedSLBMLaunchers	yes ⓘ
limitedSystemType	anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ intercontinental ballistic missiles ⓘ submarine-launched ballistic missiles ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Soviet government ⓘ surface form: Soviet delegation United States delegation ⓘ
negotiationLocation	Helsinki ⓘ Vienna ⓘ
negotiationStartYear	1969 ⓘ
precededBy	nuclear arms race ⓘ
primaryFocus	limitation of strategic ballistic missile systems ⓘ
prohibitedNationwideABMDefense	yes ⓘ
signedBy	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
signedInCity	Moscow ⓘ
signedInCountry	Soviet Union ⓘ
signedOn	1972-05-26 ⓘ
SovietABMSiteLocation	around Moscow ⓘ
SovietLeaderDuringNegotiation	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
USABMSiteLocation	Grand Forks, North Dakota ⓘ
USNationalSecurityAdvisorInvolved	Henry A. Kissinger ⓘ surface form: Henry Kissinger
USPresidentDuringNegotiation	Richard Nixon ⓘ
verificationMethod	national technical means of verification ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → SALT I ⓘ

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → relatedTo → SALT I ⓘ

SALT II → follows → SALT I ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → hasPart → SALT I ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Detente → hasKeyAgreement → SALT I ⓘ

subject surface form: Détente

START I → predecessor → SALT I ⓘ

Soviet delegation → participatedIn → SALT I ⓘ

SALT → hasPart → SALT I ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks