Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), negotiations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that were aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. ICBMs

Successes of Détente - SALT 2: SALT 1 followed up by discussions over another treaty, SALT 2 Negotiations began in 1974, dragged on until 1979 as relations stalled Called for: - Limit on nuclear delivery vehicles e.g. The SALT agreements signed on May 27 addressed two major issues. The first agreements, known as SALT I and SALT II, were signed by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in 1972 and 1979, respectively. During that period the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the first agreements to place limits and restraints on some of their central and most important armaments. For SALT II, keep in mind this treaty was negotiated by Jimmy Carter in 1979, not by Ronald Reagan in 1989. Strategic Arms Limitations Talks/Treaty (SALT) I and II Rapprochement with China, 1972 The 1973 Arab-Israeli War Oil Embargo, 1973–1974 Ending the Vietnam War, 1969–1973 The Angola Crisis 1974–75 Shuttle Diplomacy First, they limited the number of antiballistic missile (ABM) sites each country could have to two. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) SALT I, the first series of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, extended from November 1969 to May 1972.