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Do Now:. Key Word:. n uclear proliferation: the sale and spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons technology. détente : the easing of tensions between two countries. I. Détente in the Cold War .
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Key Word: • nuclear proliferation: the sale and spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons technology. • détente:the easing of tensions between two countries
I. Détente in the Cold War • After the Cuban Missile Crisis, both the U.S. and Soviet Union sought to ease tensions with a number of treaties. • In 1963, the Nuclear Test Ban Treatybanned nuclear testing in space, the atmosphere, and underwater. • In 1963, two SALT, or Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties attempted to limit each sides’ nuclear arsenal.
I. How Nuclear Weapons Proliferate • In some cases, countries develop nuclear weapons technology on their own. • In other cases, countries sell the technology to make nuclear weapons to other countries. • In an attempt to control this, the United Nations passed the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968. • However, the treaty has ultimately failed as only 190 out of 196 countries have signed on. • Others, like North Korea, have withdrawn from the treaty as well. • In an attempt to enforce the treaty, the United Nations often imposes economic sanctions as a way to get countries to abandon nuclear weapons programs, but often with limited success.