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
•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
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Communications first started about Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the USSR and the USA in 1969. By 1972 SALT I had been put in place by which both nations agreed to limit their number of ICBM's. SALT II was implemented in 1979 to accomplish nuclear parody, but was interrupted, and eventually stopped by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.