Which of these were included in the SALT II treaty? Check all that apply.
a limit on the launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles
a ban on all new missile programs in the US and the USSR
a limit on the number of missile launch sites around the globe
an end to proxy wars in South America and the Middle East
a ban on the production of nuclear arms in the US and the USSR

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The correct answers are A) a limit in the launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles, and B) a ban on all new missile programs in the U.S. and the USSR.

The elements that were included in the SALT II Treaty were a limit in the launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles and a ban on all new missile programs in the U.S. and the USSR.

SALT means “Strategic Arms Limitation Talks”. These were negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union about the limitation of manufacturing missiles with nuclear weapons. The agreements were called SALT I and SALT II. The first was signed in 1972 and the second in 1979.  

The Salt II Treaty limited the numbers of launches and based ICBM systems. The Treaty was signed by President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev on June 1879, in the city of Vienna, Austria.  


The Answer is A and B

A) a limit in the launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles

B) a ban on all new missile programs in the U.S. and the USSR.