Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

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Cold War treaty arms control treaty bilateral treaty nuclear weapons treaty

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was a landmark 1987 arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union that eliminated an entire class of ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles from Europe, significantly easing Cold War tensions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty negotiations	1
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces negotiations	1
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War treaty ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ nuclear weapons treaty ⓘ
accusationsOfNonComplianceBy	United States against Russia ⓘ
aimedTo	eliminate an entire class of nuclear-capable missiles ⓘ reduce nuclear tensions in Europe ⓘ
allegedViolationSystem	Russian 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile ⓘ
approximateNumberOfMissilesEliminated	about 2,700 ⓘ
category	Nuclear disarmament ⓘ Moscow Peace Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaties of the Soviet Union Treaties of the United States ⓘ
considered	a milestone in nuclear arms control ⓘ
countrySignatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enteredIntoForceOn	1988-06-01 ⓘ
fullName	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
geographicalScope	global for land-based missiles of the prohibited ranges ⓘ
historicalContext	late Cold War ⓘ
inspired	subsequent strategic arms reduction agreements ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
leaderSignatory	Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ
legalBasisForWithdrawal	Article XV ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ⓘ United States Department of State ⓘ
negotiationProcess	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces negotiations
notableProvision	banned future production and flight-testing of prohibited missiles ⓘ required destruction of existing intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles ⓘ
prohibits	ground-launched ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers ⓘ ground-launched cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers ⓘ
relatedTo	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ
resultedIn	destruction of Soviet SS-20 missiles ⓘ destruction of Soviet SS-4 missiles ⓘ destruction of Soviet SS-5 missiles ⓘ destruction of U.S. BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles ⓘ destruction of U.S. Pershing II missiles ⓘ
shortName	INF Treaty ⓘ
signedAt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signedOn	1987-12-08 ⓘ
status	terminated ⓘ
subjectMatter	elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles ⓘ
terminatedBy	Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
terminatedOn	2019-08-02 ⓘ
verificationMechanism	continuous monitoring at production facilities ⓘ data exchanges ⓘ on-site inspections ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Reagan administration → armsControl → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → fullName → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles

United States–Soviet Union relations → keyAgreement → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty → negotiationProcess → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces negotiations

Paul Nitze → participantIn → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty negotiations

Reagan–Gorbachev summits → significantOutcome → Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ