Difference between disarmament and arms control?

Disarmament requires all states to give up certain kind of weapons. So it banned the production and possession of following kind of weapons: Biological Weapons Conventions and Chemical Weapons Conventions. But US and USSR did not want to give up nuclear weapons so they pursued arms control. Arms control regulates the acquisition and development of weapons. They pursued two following treaties: Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty:- it tried to stop the US and USSR from using ballistic missiles as defensive shield to launch nuclear attacks. Non-proliferation treaty:-It regulated aquistion of nuclear weapons. Those countries that had tested and manufactured nuclear weapons before 1967 were allowed to keep their weapons and those who had not done so we're to give up the right to acquire them.

<i>Disarmament</i> is the reduction of the number of weapons and troops maintained by a state. <i>Arms control</i> refers to treaties made between potential adversaries that reduce the likelihood and scope of war, usually imposing limitations on military capability. Although disarmament always involves the reduction of military forces or weapons, arms control does not. In fact, arms control agreements sometimes allow for the increase of weapons by one or more parties to a treaty.