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