SALT II

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Cold War agreement arms control treaty bilateral treaty

SALT II was a 1979 strategic arms limitation treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that sought to cap and regulate their nuclear arsenals during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
SALT II canonical	11
SALT II Treaty	5
SALT II negotiations	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War agreement ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ
aim	enhance strategic stability ⓘ limit strategic offensive nuclear weapons ⓘ reduce risk of nuclear war ⓘ regulate growth of nuclear arsenals ⓘ
category	nuclear arms control ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ
countrySignatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enteredIntoForce	never formally entered into force ⓘ
follows	SALT I ⓘ
fullName	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II
introducedConcept	limits on MIRVed ICBMs and SLBMs ⓘ numerical ceilings on strategic delivery vehicles ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
limitedNumber	MIRVed ballistic missiles ⓘ strategic nuclear delivery vehicles ⓘ
limitedSystemType	MIRVed missiles ⓘ heavy bombers ⓘ intercontinental ballistic missiles ⓘ submarine-launched ballistic missiles ⓘ
negotiatingBodies	U.S. and Soviet delegations in Geneva and Vienna ⓘ
negotiationStartYear	1972 ⓘ
observance	largely observed by both sides ⓘ
predecessorAgreement	SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ
primaryParties	United States–Soviet Union relations ⓘ surface form: United States and Soviet Union
prohibited	increasing number of MIRVed missiles beyond agreed limits ⓘ new types of ICBM launchers ⓘ
reasonForUSNonRatification	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
relatedDoctrine	mutual assured destruction ⓘ
shortName	SALT II self-link ⓘ
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
signedIn	Vienna ⓘ
signedOn	1979-06-18 ⓘ
SovietLeaderAtSigning	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
statusInSovietUnion	ratified by Supreme Soviet ⓘ
statusInUnitedStates	never ratified by U.S. Senate ⓘ
subjectMatter	strategic offensive arms ⓘ
successorProcess	START negotiations ⓘ
USComplianceEnded	1986 ⓘ
USPresidentAtSigning	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
USPresidentEndingCompliance	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
verificationMethod	national technical means ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → SALT II ⓘ

SALT I → followedBy → SALT II ⓘ

SALT II → shortName → SALT II self-link ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → resultedIn → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

this entity surface form: SALT II Treaty

SALT I Interim Agreement → precedes → SALT II ⓘ

“Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” → describesEvent → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

this entity surface form: SALT II negotiations

Detente → hasKeyAgreement → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: Détente

START I → predecessor → SALT II ⓘ

Soviet delegation → participatedIn → SALT II ⓘ

Soviet delegation → relatedTo → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II Treaty

SALT → hasPart → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT → resultedIn → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: SALT II

this entity surface form: SALT II Treaty

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → influenced → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II negotiations

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → followedBy → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II Treaty

Carter administration → notableEvent → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II negotiations

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977–1981 → focusesOn → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II negotiations

UR-100 ICBM → treatyRelevance → SALT II ⓘ

subject surface form: UR-100

Treaties of the Cold War → includesTreaty → SALT II ⓘ

this entity surface form: SALT II Treaty

1980 State of the Union Address → topic → SALT II ⓘ