Features and Consequences of Detente

Question 1

features and consequences of detente

Answer 1

summit meetings between major world leaders
mao and nixon met in 1972
In 1972, Nixon and Brezhnev met in Moscow to discuss plans for a joint space mission and drew up SALT I
Met again in Washington in 1973
Helsinki 1975 - Brezhnev and Ford met for a conference on security and cooperation in Europe. Soviets agreed to respect human rights issues and sign the accords to keep their borders. resulted in a new wave of anti-communism in the soviet bloc

in vienna in 1979, Brezhnev and Carter met and produced SALT II. however, tensions were rising again, so the US ultimately refused to ratify SALT II and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan

Question 2

SALT I

Answer 2

signed in 1972 by the USA and USSR

limited ICBMs and ABMs on both sides

successful short-term in slowing down the Arms Race and promoting arms limitation

criticised for not limiting the number of new nuclear weapons each side could produce

Question 3

SALT II

Answer 3

signed in 1979 by the USA and USSR

placed further limits on nuclear weapons, this time on MIRVs

banned both sides from launching new missile programs

US refused to ratify the treaty because they believed the USSR was stockpiling weapons