Reduction of a country's weapons of war. Most disarmament talks since World War II have been concerned with nuclear-arms verification and reduction, but biological, chemical, and conventional weapons have also come under discussion at the United Nations and in other forums. Attempts to limit the arms race (initially between the USA and the USSR and since 1992 between the USA and Russia) have included the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) of the 1970s and the
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) of the 1980s90s.
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