Limited Test Ban Treaty—August 1963
Antiballistic Missile Treaty—May 1972
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)—June 1979 Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty (START) I—July 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II January 1993
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