START talks (jun 29, 1982 – jun 1, 1991)
Description:
-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)
Added to timeline:
IB History: Détente + Rapprochement (Cold War)
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