The INF Treaty is signed in Washington
Reagan and Gorbachev signed a treaty abolishing all ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between five hundred and five thousand five hundred kilometres, together with their launchers, under verification arrangements including on-site inspection and continuous monitoring at production plants. It was the first agreement to eliminate a class of nuclear weapons rather than limit one, and the cuts were asymmetric, falling more heavily on the Soviet side.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty · treaty · not located
- Mikhail Gorbachev · person · Soviet Union · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
Supports the signature date, the 500–5,500 km range band, the elimination of an entire class of weapons and the on-site inspection regime. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted; the number of missiles eliminated is deliberately not quoted anywhere in this pack.
United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · 1987-12-08 · Partly verified
INF Treaty, signed at Washington, 8 December 1987; terminated 2 August 2019
Recorded on The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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