3 Jan 1980 Jahr - 38. The US withdraws from SALT II

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January 3rd, 1980

The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT II) was a treaty between the US and USSR that would have limited the testing and building of nuclear weapons. However, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the US withdraw from SALT II. This event is significant because it renewed heighted tensions between the US and USSR and stumped the progression of détente.

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