Euromissile crisis

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Cold War crisis East–West conflict nuclear weapons controversy political crisis

The Euromissile crisis was a tense Cold War confrontation in the late 1970s and early 1980s over the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, which sparked massive peace protests and pivotal arms control negotiations between NATO and the Soviet Union.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War crisis ⓘ East–West conflict ⓘ nuclear weapons controversy ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy	anti-nuclear movement in Western Europe ⓘ heightened East–West tensions ⓘ large demonstrations against missile deployments ⓘ massive peace protests ⓘ public debate over nuclear deterrence ⓘ
conflictBetween	NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States other Warsaw Pact states ⓘ
endTime	mid 1980s ⓘ
followedBy	implementation of the INF Treaty ⓘ late Cold War détente ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	NATO Double-Track Decision crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ missile crisis in Europe ⓘ
hasCause	NATO decision to deploy Pershing II missiles ⓘ NATO decision to deploy ground-launched cruise missiles ⓘ Soviet deployment of SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles ⓘ deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	INF arms control negotiations ⓘ NATO Double-Track Decision NERFINISHED ⓘ deployment of Pershing II missiles in West Germany ⓘ deployment of cruise missiles in Belgium ⓘ deployment of cruise missiles in Italy ⓘ deployment of cruise missiles in the Netherlands ⓘ deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom ⓘ mass protests at Greenham Common ⓘ mass protests in Bonn ⓘ signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutcome	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ elimination of an entire class of intermediate-range nuclear missiles ⓘ precedent for later arms control agreements ⓘ reduction of nuclear tensions in Europe ⓘ strengthening of European peace movements ⓘ
influencedBy	NATO nuclear strategy NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet military modernization ⓘ public opinion in Western Europe ⓘ
involvesWeaponSystem	BGM-109G ground-launched cruise missile ⓘ Pershing II ballistic missile NERFINISHED ⓘ SS-20 Saber intermediate-range ballistic missile NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesWeaponType	intermediate-range nuclear missile ⓘ theater nuclear weapon ⓘ
locatedIn	Europe ⓘ
mainSubject	arms race between NATO and the Warsaw Pact ⓘ nuclear deterrence in Europe ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ
relatedTo	Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO Double-Track Decision NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-nuclear movement NERFINISHED ⓘ arms control negotiations in Geneva ⓘ
significantPlace	Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenham Common air base NERFINISHED ⓘ West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 1970s ⓘ
temporalContext	late Cold War ⓘ

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