In June 1978, the United States and the Soviet Union reaffirm the importance of continuing the disarmament process in the area of strategic offensive weapons.

On 4 May 1979, in the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the cartoonist, Behrendt, speculates on the genuine will of the US President, Jimmy Carter, and of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, to implement the SALT II disarmament agreement.

Am 10. Mai 1979 zeigt die deutsche Tageszeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung die Grenzen des SALT II Abkommens, welches am 18. Juni 1979 in Wien unterschrieben wird, und äußert seine Bedenken über das Ende des Wettrüstens.

Für das deutsche Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel stellt das am 18. Juni 1979 unterzeichnete SALT II-Abkommen vor allem einen neuen Anreiz zum Wettrüsten dar.

On 18 June 1979, US President, Jimmy Carter, and Leonid Brejnev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, add an additional protocol to the SALT II Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty setting a series of precise ceilings for authorised weapons.

On 18 June 1978, as part of the disarmament negotiations, the United States and the Soviet Union provide information on their respective strategic weapons.

On 18 June 1979, a few hours after having signed, in Vienna, the SALT II agreements on the limitation of strategic nuclear weapons, the US President, Jimmy Carter, describes to the US Congress the significance of this new disarmament agreement.

On 18 June 1979, US President Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, sign the SALT II Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Vienna.

On 3 October 1979, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir describes the response of US President Jimmy Carter to the Soviet military presence in Cuba and the measures he intends to take in an endeavour to avoid the failure of the SALT II agreement on the limitation of strategic arms.