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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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SALT

SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

Signed in 1972, it was designed to freeze the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that the United States and the Soviet Union could keep.

Purpose

SALT was one of the clearest symbols of Détente and showed that both superpowers were willing to limit aspects of the nuclear arms race. :contentReference[oaicite:7]