Question

The purpose of the SALT I agreement in 1972 was to

A: establish US recognition of China for the first time since 1949.
B: regulate Chinese production of missiles carrying nuclear weapons.
C: regulate Soviet production of missiles carrying nuclear weapons
D: create documents that officially ended the Cold War.

Answer 1

The answer is C.) Regulate Soviet production of missiles carrying nuclear weapons

Answer 2

C: Regulate Soviet production of missiles carrying nuclear weapons

The SALT I agreement was first proposed by the American President Lyndon B. Johnson, once the U.S. found out that the Soviet Union had started a massive Intercontinental Ballistic Missile buildup designed to reach parity with the American's.

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I resulted in various treaties that regulated the production of missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons, not only from the Soviet Union but from the United States too.