text: Arcrs timitation Talks (SALT). The SAIT f agreemert va; signed in J972 it put afive-year inlerim eci-Ling on the sbralegic arsena_Ls that forma-lly. if not in Tea-LitJ*, exDired in L971 , it a-Lso Iimited. the a.nti-ba11 istic missile s-lstems of Lhe United States and the USSF to tvo each) a figure Lhat uas reduced bo one in 19Tl+. I,,/hil- e the slmbolic aspect of the SAT,T f agreement remains both signif icant and considerable, irs Dractical value, in terns of disarnanent, was not vcry sLbsLantial, since both Povers had al"eady come to the conclus-ion that ABM systens were too costly and, ultimately" ineffective. The United. States has disnantled. even the one ABlvl system it raas allol,red under SALT I. ), ar-rL^w 5ud6q -, -he SALT negotiations Look nearly seven years before the SALT II treaty was signed in June 1979, It is constructed on the premise ofstrategic nuclear equivalenee between the United States and the USSR. Under the agreement there r.ioulcl be an c\rer 'a11 ccil.iirg cn tire nL".i-']'.L of l: l.la.l,c:t: c r]clcar delivery systems for botn partics. Ihese systems are lCrIl anci SLBI1 launchers, heavy bombers and long-range air-to-surface balfistj.c L,lissiles. The initialceiling on these subsystems r,rould be 2,\00, as agreed at the Vladivostok sunmit in 197)+. This limit lrou1d be reduced to 2 )25A by the end. of f 9Bl . .,,rithin this over-a1l limit would exist the followine sublimits:A/ 35/392 English ./,IlnCX Page 146 (a) A sublimit of 1,320 on the number of launchexs of l4IRVed ICBMs and SLBMs, l-ong-range air-to-surface ballistic missiles equipped with MIRV, and bombers equipped for J-ong-range cruise missilesl (b) A fimlt of l-,200 launchers of MIRVed ICBMs. SLBMS and ASBMs. (c) And of this number, no more than B2O launchers of MIRVed ICBMS.
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a bilateral agreement between the United States and the USSR, focusing on strategic nuclear arms control and disarmament. The language used is technical and formal, suggesting a high-level diplomatic or military context. The agreement is also tied to a specific event (the Vladivostok summit) and has specific numerical limits and restrictions on various types of weapons systems.