détente talks Flashcards
1
Q
partial nuclear test ban treaty
A
1963
prohibited nuclear tests, except underground.
- decreased nuclear tensions
- reduced levels of radioactive particles
2
Q
outerspace treaty
A
1967
banned weapons of mass destruction from space
- declared space free to all countries
3
Q
non-proliferation treaty
A
1968-70
limited nuclear weapons to existed nuclear powers.
4
Q
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
A
1972
limit nuclear capabilties began in 1969
- improved relations
- nixon visited moscow.
5
Q
interim agreement
A
- limits on ICMS
- US Limited to 1054
- USSR limited to 1500
6
Q
basic principles agreement
A
both countries recognised each otehrs sovereignity and agreed to try to avoid war
7
Q
anti-ballistic missile
A
- made to destabalise the status quo
- treaty limited US and USSR to two ABM complexes
8
Q
biological weapons convention
A
1972-5
banned production and stockpiling of biological weapons
