Arms Control
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s the proliferation of nuclear weaponry and sophisticated delivery systems gave soldiers and diplomats, both in Washington and Moscow, cause for concern. Both sides saw the nuclear arms race as costly and dangerous, and in the late 1960s the two superpowers opened arms limitation talks. These talks led to a series of arms control agreements that began in the early 1970s and continued through the 1994 ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Agreement, called START I. Implementation of the START I Agreement led to significant reductions in the U.S. ICBM force and, as a result, hundreds of missiles and launch facilities have been destroyed to comply with the treaty.
SALT ISALT II
Arms Control in the Reagan Era
START I and START II
START I Impact
START II Impact