The SALT treaty stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Now the treaty was signed on May 26, 1972, by the United states and the Soviet Union. What the treaty did was not to make each country stop making nuclear weapons or ICBM but It made both countries not produce any more then there current amount. Do to this "flaw" each country was able to study how to add more power to each rocket. They studied how to add more warheads and just over all increase the carrying casuistry. Also ICBM means intercontinental ballistics missiles, which are pretty much those one you fire from your backyard to destroy libya because you "know" it is the best idea. This treaty had a huge impact on the cold war because for example some may say it help prevent a nuclear holocaust or even that the treaty helped the development of rockets which helped Man get to the moon.
(image Source) In this image there is a kinda a play on words from the hit animated series "Futurama".
The SALT treaty stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Now the treaty was signed on May 26, 1972, by the United states and the Soviet Union. What the treaty did was not to make each country stop making nuclear weapons or ICBM but It made both countries not produce any more then there current amount. Do to this "flaw" each country was able to study how to add more power to each rocket. They studied how to add more warheads and just over all increase the carrying casuistry. Also ICBM means intercontinental ballistics missiles, which are pretty much those one you fire from your backyard to destroy libya because you "know" it is the best idea. This treaty had a huge impact on the cold war because for example some may say it help prevent a nuclear holocaust or even that the treaty helped the development of rockets which helped Man get to the moon.
(image Source) In this image there is a kinda a play on words from the hit animated series "Futurama".
work cited
Museum, Cold War. "SALT I and II." Cold War Museum. Web. 30 Mar. 2011.
<__http://www.coldwar.org/articles/70s/SALTIandII.asp__>.