SALT 2

When was SALT 2?

SALT 1 - 1972.

SALT 2 - 7 years to agree up[on and signed in 1979

What were the agreements made at SALT 2?

• USA + USSR —> stop developing new missile programs

• Each country could own 1320 missiles

What event destroyed SALT 2?

The Afghanistan War

Was SALT 2 ever ratified?

No - never passed through the American Senate because of the American invasion of Afghanistan

What was the view about SALt 2?

Didn’t achieve much

Afghanistan war overshadowed anything agreed in SALT 2