The SALT Treaties began in the 1960’s. SALT stands for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and it’s goal was to limit the potential catastrophic and very costly nuclear arms race. Both sides had plenty of weapons to destroy the other side at any moment when the negotiations began in the late 1960’s. SALT negotiations purpose was to bring some rationality and control to the arms race. The very first SALT treaty was signed in May of 1972. Its purpose was: a limit on the deployment of strategic weapons with a range of 6,000 miles or more. Included in this were the intercontinental bomber forces (ICBM’s) and the submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). SALT treaty number one did not make a dent for either sides arsenal. It only placed a
