Which of the following treaties aimed at limiting nuclear arms? |
The Paris Agreement and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) The Kyoto Protocol and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Schengen agreement The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty II (SALT II) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) |
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty II (SALT II) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) |
The correct answer is Option 4 - The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty II (SALT II) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) The US and Soviet Union signed a number of other arms control treaties including the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty II or SALT II and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968 was an arms control treaty in the sense that it regulated the acquisition of nuclear weapons: those countries that had tested and manufactured nuclear weapons before 1967 were allowed to keep their weapons; and those that had not done so were to give up the right to acquire them. The NPT did not abolish nuclear weapons; rather, it limited the number of countries that could have them. |