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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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 (4)

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SALT II → follows → SALT I ⓘ
subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks