Calming of cold war 1972-75

• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
• USA + USSR agreed that there would be no more production of strategic ballistic missiles (SBM)
• ABM (Anti Ballistic missile) treaty was agreed. Only allowed to create 2 each.
• Imposed limits on the nuclear capabilities of Russia+ USA
• First agreement between super powers which limited weapons ( showed they could agree)
• Agree that submarines carrying nuclear weapons would only be introduced when existing stocks of Intercontinental ballistic missile became obsolete

• Salt 1 only temporary
• Negotiations began 1972

Negotiations were difficult because:

• West German government was worried that further arms reductions would leave their territory undefended
• Right-wing American congressmen thought that detente had gone too far and were reluctant to agree to further comprises withthe soviet union
• Both sides agreed to reduce their stocks of nuclear warheads to 2250
• Signed in June 1979

• Representatives from 35 countries attended the conference
• Discussed agreement that took 2 years to draft
• Three main issues: Security, Human rights + co-operation
• Stabalised situation in Europe by agreeing greater co-operation between the superpowers andtheir European allies in terms of trade and fighting international terrorism
• Limited possibility of super power conflict (stable relationship)
• Countries agreed to co-operate on many different levels

• Joint space mission (American apollo + Russian Soyvs)
• marked the begining of superpower co-operation in space
• 1960s had been dominated by an extremely competitive race to the moon