The Cold War Era

Question

Mention the various arms control treaties signed between 1963 and 1993.

Answer

(i) Limited Test Ban Treaty,1963(LTBT)- It banned nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in the outerspace and under water.

(ii) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,1968(NPT)- It allowed only the nuclear weapon states to have nuclearweapons and stops other from acquiring them.

(iii) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks-I,1972 (SALT-I) — After the talks Soviet leader Brezhnev and US President Nixon signed a Treaty on the limitations of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM Treaty) and Interim Agreement on the limitation of strategic offensive arms.

(iv) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks-ll,1979 (SALT-II) — The US President Jimmy Carter and the Sovietleader Brezhnev signed the Treaty on the limitation of strategic offensive arms in Vienna.

(v) Strategic Arms Reducation Treaty-I,1991 (START-I) was signed by Soviet President Gorbachev and the US President George Bush Senior on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms in Moscow .

(vi) Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty-II,1993 (START-II) — The Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the US President George Bush Senior signed on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms in Moscow.

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