The end of the cold war
View Paper
ESSAY DETAILS
Words: 448
Pages: 2
(approximately 235 words/page)
Pages: 2
(approximately 235 words/page)
Essay Database > History
showed first 75 words of 448 total
showed last 75 words of 448 total
Then, on July 31, 1991, the United States reached its last major arms agreement with the Soviet Union when Presidents Bush and Gorbachev signed the long-negotiated Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow, which included cuts of 30 to 40 percent in to both sides. They also agreed to eliminate all multiple-warhead missiles by the year 2003. Together, these agreements would reduce the number of nuclear warheads by two-thirds, from around 21,000 to approximately 6500. This being done, the cold war was concluded
Then, on July 31, 1991, the United States reached its last major arms agreement with the Soviet Union when Presidents Bush and Gorbachev signed the long-negotiated Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow, which included cuts of 30 to 40 percent in to both sides. They also agreed to eliminate all multiple-warhead missiles by the year 2003. Together, these agreements would reduce the number of nuclear warheads by two-thirds, from around 21,000 to approximately 6500. This being done, the cold war was concluded