Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

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Cold War agreement arms control treaty bilateral treaty

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited missile defense systems to preserve the balance of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
ABM Treaty	2
ABM Treaty of 1972	1
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement	1
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War agreement ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ
aimedAt	preventing arms race in missile defense ⓘ
allowed	use of national technical means for verification without interference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ surface form: ABM Treaty of 1972
amendedLimit	one ABM deployment area per country ⓘ
category	missile defense ⓘ nuclear arms control ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ
dateSigned	1972-05-26 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1972-10-03 ⓘ
fullName	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems
geopoliticalImpact	stabilization of mutual assured destruction doctrine ⓘ
influenced	subsequent strategic arms reduction agreements ⓘ
inForcePeriod	1972-2002 ⓘ
initialLimit	two ABM deployment areas per country ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalForm	treaty ⓘ
limitedTo	100 ABM launchers per permitted site ⓘ
negotiationFramework	U.S.–Soviet strategic arms negotiations ⓘ
partOf	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Cold War détente
placeSigned	Moscow ⓘ
prohibited	development of air-based ABM systems ⓘ development of mobile land-based ABM systems ⓘ development of sea-based ABM systems ⓘ development of space-based ABM systems ⓘ
purpose	limit anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ maintain strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ preserve strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
reasonForWithdrawal	development of U.S. national missile defense system ⓘ
relatedTo	SALT I ⓘ Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
restricted	deployment of nationwide missile defense systems ⓘ number of ABM deployment areas ⓘ
shortName	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ABM Treaty
signatory	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
signedBy	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
status	terminated ⓘ
subjectMatter	anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ
verificationMechanism	national technical means of verification ⓘ
withdrawalAnnouncedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
withdrawalBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
withdrawalDate	2002-06-13 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: ABM Treaty of 1972

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → fullName → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems

SALT I → includes → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

United States–Soviet Union relations → keyAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Strategic Defense Initiative → legalContext → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → relatedAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

this entity surface form: ABM Treaty

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I Interim Agreement → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) → resultedIn → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → shortName → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ABM Treaty

Richard Nixon → signed → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement

Richard Nixon → signed → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I Interim Agreement → signedTogetherWith → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Nixon administration → significantEvent → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SDI → treatyImplication → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject surface form: Strategic Defense Initiative