The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (SALT II), signed by President Jimmy Carter and Premier Leonid Brezhnev in 1979, aimed to limit the number of strategic nuclear weapons held by the United States and the Soviet Union. It established quantitative limits on various categories of nuclear delivery systems, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). Additionally, SALT II sought to promote transparency and stability in nuclear arms control by requiring both nations to provide data on their nuclear arsenals and to engage in ongoing discussions about arms reduction.
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Leonid Brezhnev signed SALT I with Richard Nixon in 1972.
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II) agreement was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev on June 18, 1979. This agreement aimed to limit the number of strategic nuclear weapons and was a significant step in easing Cold War tensions. Although it was signed, the U.S. Senate never ratified the treaty due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan later that year.
It marked the first attempt to restrict US and Soviet nuclear weapons.The SALT-1 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty stopped the growth in US/Soviet intercontinental-range nuclear weapons arsenals. It was signed at Moscow May 26, 1972. It was approved by U.S. President September 30, 1972. The leaders were U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev met with President Carver to sign the Salt II agreement.
Russia did not have a president in 1968. The leader of the country at that time wasGeneral Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Aleksandr Brezhnev's birth name is Aleksandr Sergeevich Brezhnev.
Leonid Brezhnev's birth name is Brezhnev, Leonid Ilich.
Leonid Brezhnev