Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

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Cold War agreement arms control treaty bilateral treaty

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited missile defense systems to preserve the balance of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty canonical	22
ABM Treaty	2
ABM Treaty (1972)	1
ABM Treaty of 1972	1
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement	1
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90717 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Context triple: [Richard Nixon, signed, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]

A. Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords were a 1975 diplomatic agreement between Western and Eastern bloc countries that aimed to improve relations, recognize post–World War II European borders, and promote human rights during the Cold War.
B. North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty is the 1949 founding agreement that created the NATO military alliance, establishing collective defense commitments among Western nations during the early Cold War.
C. Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a 1939 non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that secretly divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, paving the way for the outbreak of World War II.
D. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
E. Mutual Defense Agreement (1958)
The Mutual Defense Agreement (1958) is a landmark Cold War-era treaty that deepened U.S.–UK strategic cooperation by enabling extensive collaboration on nuclear weapons and defense technology.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Target entity description: The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a 1972 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that limited missile defense systems to preserve the balance of nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.

A. Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords were a 1975 diplomatic agreement between Western and Eastern bloc countries that aimed to improve relations, recognize post–World War II European borders, and promote human rights during the Cold War.
B. North Atlantic Treaty
The North Atlantic Treaty is the 1949 founding agreement that created the NATO military alliance, establishing collective defense commitments among Western nations during the early Cold War.
C. Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a 1939 non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that secretly divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, paving the way for the outbreak of World War II.
D. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
E. Mutual Defense Agreement (1958)
The Mutual Defense Agreement (1958) is a landmark Cold War-era treaty that deepened U.S.–UK strategic cooperation by enabling extensive collaboration on nuclear weapons and defense technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War agreement ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ
aimedAt	preventing arms race in missile defense ⓘ
allowed	use of national technical means for verification without interference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ABM Treaty of 1972 ⓘ linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
amendedLimit	one ABM deployment area per country ⓘ
category	missile defense ⓘ nuclear arms control ⓘ
context	Cold War ⓘ
dateSigned	1972-05-26 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1972-10-03 ⓘ
fullName	Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems ⓘ linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
geopoliticalImpact	stabilization of mutual assured destruction doctrine ⓘ
influenced	subsequent strategic arms reduction agreements ⓘ
inForcePeriod	1972-2002 ⓘ
initialLimit	two ABM deployment areas per country ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalForm	treaty ⓘ
limitedTo	100 ABM launchers per permitted site ⓘ
negotiationFramework	U.S.–Soviet strategic arms negotiations ⓘ
partOf	Cold War détente ⓘ linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
placeSigned	Moscow ⓘ
prohibited	development of air-based ABM systems ⓘ development of mobile land-based ABM systems ⓘ development of sea-based ABM systems ⓘ development of space-based ABM systems ⓘ
purpose	limit anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ maintain strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ preserve strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
reasonForWithdrawal	development of U.S. national missile defense system ⓘ
relatedTo	SALT I ⓘ Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ⓘ linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
restricted	deployment of nationwide missile defense systems ⓘ number of ABM deployment areas ⓘ
shortName	ABM Treaty ⓘ linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
signatory	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ linked to: Soviet Union United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
signedBy	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
status	terminated ⓘ
subjectMatter	anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ
verificationMechanism	national technical means of verification ⓘ
withdrawalAnnouncedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ
withdrawalBy	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
withdrawalDate	2002-06-13 ⓘ

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Richard Nixon → signed → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement ⓘ

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Richard Nixon → signed → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I → includes → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → fullName → Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems ⓘ

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → shortName → ABM Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty → alsoKnownAs → ABM Treaty of 1972 ⓘ

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Strategic Defense Initiative → legalContext → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Nixon administration → significantEvent → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

United States–Soviet Union relations → keyAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks → resultedIn → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks → relatedAgreement → ABM Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I Interim Agreement → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I Interim Agreement → signedTogetherWith → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Strategic Defense Initiative → treatyImplication → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: SDI

Détente → hasKeyAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Detente

Soviet delegation → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

SALT I → resultedIn → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: SALT

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → relatedAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → signedTogetherWith → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

INF Treaty → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Treaties of the Cold War → includesTreaty → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

United States delegation → resultedIn → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Star Wars (Strategic Defense Initiative) → treatyImplication → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Star Wars

START II → relatedTo → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

Treaties of the Soviet Union → hasPart → ABM Treaty (1972) ⓘ

linked to: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Basic Principles of Relations Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics → relatedAgreement → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

United States–Soviet arms control process → hasPart → Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ

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