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26/05/1972 Nixon and Brezhnev sign Anti-Balistic Missile Treaty

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ABM Treaty

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UN: NEW YORK: GENERAL ASSEMBLY: US & CIS STATES SIGN ARMS ACCORDS

ABM Treaty was an arms control treaty between the US and the USSR on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile systems used in defending areas against ballistic missile-delivered nuclear weapons. In June 2002 the United States withdrew from the treaty, leading to its termination.
    • Essentials 

    • Background 

    • ABM Treaty 

    • After the SDI announcement 

    • Successor states to Soviet Union agree to continue treaty in force 

    • United States withdrawal 

    • 2018 statement by Putin on new weapons