THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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It was based on an honesty policy in which the nations reported the number of missiles they had daily
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It used satellites with cameras that photographed missiles so that the nations could monitor each other
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It required that both nations build and keep all of their missiles together in the United Nations’ vault.
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It employed the neutral countries of France, England, and Spain to monitor the two nations’ missiles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This included a 2, 400 limit on strategic nuclear delivery vehicles (ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers) for each side; a 1, 320 limit on MIRV systems; a ban on new land-based ICBM launchers; and limits on deployment of new types of strategic offensive arms.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were a series of bilateral conferences and international treaties signed between the United States and the Soviet Union. These treaties had the goal of reducing the number of long-range ballistic missiles (strategic arms) that each side could possess and manufacture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Talk of a comprehensive strategic arms reduction continued, and the START Treaty was officially signed by US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev on 31 July 1991.
Detailed explanation-4: -SALT I froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels and provided for the addition of new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launchers only after the same number of older intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and SLBM launchers had been dismantled.