Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties (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
"Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone."
-Abu Bashir
-Abu Bashir
Subjunctive Question
Would the cold war have ended sooner if the Soviets had not invaded Afghanistan?
Summary
The Strategic Arms Treatie first limited the number of nuclear weapons each side could have, but it was not effective. The second Salt talk was interrupted by the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and it signalled the end of Detente.