Strategic Arms limitation Talks (SALT)
•Talks began in 1969, between US and USSR
•By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I)agreed that both countries would limit their number of ICBMs
•SALT II, 1979, intended to accomplish nuclear parity
•SALT II got interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
•1980 Ronald Reagan became President and ended detente
*Did it in secret as Numbers did not decrease
*About to get war to heat up again
*Summer Olympics boycotted by all countries BUT Warsaw Pact
•By 1972 the first SALT treaty (SALT I)agreed that both countries would limit their number of ICBMs
•SALT II, 1979, intended to accomplish nuclear parity
•SALT II got interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
•1980 Ronald Reagan became President and ended detente
*Did it in secret as Numbers did not decrease
*About to get war to heat up again
*Summer Olympics boycotted by all countries BUT Warsaw Pact
Summary: SALT was to propose that countries have restrictions on how much weapons they could have; however most countries still went over the quota.