What did the SALT I agreement do?
A) It arranged for the Soviet Union's purchase of at least $750 million in American grain over a three-year period.
B) It brought about the end of the OPEC oil embargo.
C) It called for a phased withdrawal of American missiles and troops in Europe, in exchange for a comparable Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
D) It banned all chemical and biological weapons.
E) It froze each side's offensive nuclear missiles for five years.

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The SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) agreement, signed in 1972, was a pivotal arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that aimed to prevent the expansion of their respective nuclear arsenals. It specifically froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels for five years, thereby limiting the quantity of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) each side could deploy. This was a significant step towards controlling the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.

What Did the SALT I Agreement Do