Topic+5H+RAFT+16H+Describe+the+key+events+of+the+Cold+War+era.++H.++arms+control+agreements+(including+the+ABM+and+SALT+treaties)+and+détente+under+Nixon

Topic 5H RAFT 16H Describe the key events of the Cold War era. H. arms control agreements (including the ABM and SALT treaties) and détente under Nixon:

The objective of arms control is primarily to reduce or prevent lethal armed conflict in inter- or intra-state relations, and the Détente is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The Détente resulted in the United States and the Soviet Union getting along better for a short while from 1972 to 1974.

Arms control was devised consciously during the postwar period as a substitute to disarmament, which would reduce the likelihood of war.

The AMB treaties stand for anti-ballistic missile, and was trying to lower the weapon amount that each country could have that sign the treaties.

One clause of the treaty required both countries to limit the number of sites protected by an Anti-Ballistic Missle (ABM) system to two each.

The SALT Treaty was signed on June 18, 1979 at a summit in Viena, Austria by representatives from the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

There was an arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States.

SALT stands for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.

SALT is about treaties between the Soviet Union and the US, the Cold War superpowers which is about armament control. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a treaty between the USA and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile systems.