1.0Echoes of the Steppehttps://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppeSeth Gorelikhttps://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/author/sgorelik/SALT II - Echoes of the Stepperich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VeQhr4eyDG"><a href="https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/announcement/salt-ii/">SALT II</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/announcement/salt-ii/embed/#?secret=VeQhr4eyDG" width="600" height="338" title="“SALT II” — Echoes of the Steppe" data-secret="VeQhr4eyDG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In June 1979, the United States and Soviet Union sign a SALT II agreement that would have placed further limits on their nuclear weapons and launch platforms, including strategic bombers, and imposed certain notification requirements and new testing bans. But in December, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, starting a nine-year war in which its forces […]https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/wp-content/uploads/sites/642/2023/07/logo-e1689691361331.png924714