salt 1

• detente- relaxation of tension between us and ussr
• strategic arms limitation treaty signed in 1972
• imposed limits on nuclear capability of the us and ussr
• ICBMs- US allowed 1054 icbms and ussr allowed 1618
• ABMs- bot sides allowed 2 anti-ballistic missile sites, 100 missiles at each site
• no further production of strategic ballistic missiles
• submarines carrying nuclear weapons would only be introduced when existing stock of intercontinental missiles became obsolete
• negotiations started for SALT2 but relations worsened