SALT 2 and the failure of détente (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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SALT 2 full form
SALT 2 full form
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
What SALT 2 aimed to control
What SALT 2 aimed to control
Nuclear arms race
Détente definition
Détente definition
Reduced tensions & improved US-USSR relations in 1970s
Why SALT 2 wasn't ratified
Why SALT 2 wasn't ratified
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Dec 1979 (decisive factor)
Missiles each superpower had by 1969
Missiles each superpower had by 1969
Over 1,000 missiles
When SALT 2 negotiations began
When SALT 2 negotiations began
1972
Vladivostok Accords year & purpose
Vladivostok Accords year & purpose
1974, framework for arms limitations
SALT 2 warhead limit per superpower
SALT 2 warhead limit per superpower
2,250 warheads
Difference: SALT 1 vs SALT 2 counting
Difference: SALT 1 vs SALT 2 counting
SALT 1 counted missiles, SALT 2 counted warheads
Who signed SALT 2, where & when
Who signed SALT 2, where & when
Brezhnev & Carter, Vienna, June 1979
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan date
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan date
December 1979
First-strike capacity definition
First-strike capacity definition
Ability to destroy all opponent's nuclear weapons in one attack
Soviet vs US economy in 1970s
Soviet vs US economy in 1970s
Soviet economy considerably weaker than US
Weapon types SALT agreements limited
Weapon types SALT agreements limited
ABMs, ICBMs, SLBMs, long-range bombers