Yo, History Buff! Get ready to dive into the dizzying world of Cold War arms agreements and international diplomacy. Buckle up, because this is like Game of Thrones, but with nuclear weapons and treaties. 🤓📜💥

• When: 1972
• Who: USA & USSR
• Why: After nearly blowing each other up during the Cuban Missile Crisis, they decided to be friends... kinda.
• What: Three major areas discussed: ABM Treaty, Interim Treaty, Basic Principles Agreement.

• ABMs (Anti-Ballistic Missiles) at two sites only!
• Max 100 missiles per site
• Why: To keep MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) in play, which is like saying, "If you nuke me, I'll nuke you, and we'll both be toast 🍞."

Real-world Example: Think of it as two kids in a playground armed with water balloons. If both know that getting into a water fight will get them both soaked, they'll think twice before starting one.

• Limits on ICBMs (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles) & SLBMs (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles)

Real-world Example: It's like limiting the number of soccer balls you can have in a game. Too many, and it's just chaos. Too few, and it's boring.

• Rules for nuclear conduct
• Commitment to peace
• Followed by the Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War (1973)

Real-world Example: Like agreeing on rules for a friendly game of chess: No cheating, no throwing the board across the room, and no yelling "Checkmate!" when it's not actually a checkmate.

• Didn't mention MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles)
• Stephen Ambrose said it was like freezing the number of horses but not tanks in 1938.