START talks (jun 29, 1982 – jun 1, 1991)

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-Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

-talks in Geneva from 1982

-production of weapons continued on both sides throughout (arms race)

-suggestions of limitations of ICBMs + warheads (in favour of USA e.g. ICBM superiority)

-talks throughout 1980s

-negotiations delayed: several times as US terms seen as non-negotiable by Soviet leaders (before Gorbachev), & Reagan's SDI (1983)

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