NATO Double-Track Decision

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Cold War event NATO policy decision arms control proposal

The NATO Double-Track Decision was a 1979 alliance strategy that combined the planned deployment of new U.S. nuclear missiles in Western Europe with an offer to negotiate arms control with the Soviet Union, becoming a central flashpoint of the Second Cold War.

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NATO dual-track decision	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ NATO policy decision ⓘ arms control proposal ⓘ
adoptedBy	NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Treaty Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimedAt	reducing Soviet SS-20 advantage in Europe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NATO dual-track decision ⓘ
characterizedAs	central flashpoint of the Second Cold War ⓘ
component	offer to negotiate arms control with the Soviet Union ⓘ planned deployment of U.S. Pershing II missiles in Western Europe ⓘ planned deployment of U.S. ground-launched cruise missiles in Western Europe ⓘ
context	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1979-12-12 ⓘ
influenced	INF Treaty negotiations ⓘ
locationOfDecision	Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCapabilityInvolved	intermediate-range nuclear forces ⓘ
opposedBy	European peace movements ⓘ West German peace movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to combine deterrence with arms control negotiations ⓘ to counter Soviet intermediate-range nuclear forces in Europe ⓘ
region	Western Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	Euromissile crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ deployment of U.S. Pershing II missiles in West Germany ⓘ deployment of U.S. ground-launched cruise missiles in several NATO countries ⓘ mass peace protests in Western Europe ⓘ
securityDomain	arms control ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ
strategyType	dual-track strategy ⓘ
supportedBy	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ West German government NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
track	deployment track ⓘ negotiation track ⓘ
triggeredBy	Soviet SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missile deployment ⓘ
year	1979 ⓘ

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Second Cold War → hasKeyEvent → NATO Double-Track Decision ⓘ

SS-20 Saber IRBM → triggeredResponse → NATO Double-Track Decision ⓘ

subject surface form: SS-20 Saber

this entity surface form: NATO dual-track decision