Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - Wikipedia
The INF Treaty banned all of the two nations' nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and missile launchers with ranges of 500–1,000 kilometers (310–620 mi) (short medium-range) and 1,000–5,500 km (620–3,420 mi) (intermediate-range).
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty at a Glance
The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty required the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate and permanently forswear all of their nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - Britannica
The INF Treaty defined intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) as those having ranges of 1,000 to 5,500 km (620 to 3,400 miles) and shorter-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) as those having ranges from 500 to 1,000 km.
NATO - Topic: NATO and the INF Treaty
Aug 2, 2019 · The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty, was crucial to Euro-Atlantic security for decades. It eliminated a whole category of nuclear weapons that threatened Europe in the 1980s.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)
The 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, commonly referred to as the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty, requires destruction of the Parties' ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of ...
INF Treaty At a Glance - United States Department of State
Dec 8, 2017 · The 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, also known as the INF Treaty, required the destruction of U.S. and Soviet ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles (“GLBMs” and “GLCMs”) with a range capability ...
What the INF Treaty’s Collapse Means for Nuclear Proliferation
Aug 1, 2019 · On Friday, the United States is set to withdraw from a Cold War–era agreement, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, that banned Washington and Moscow from using certain...
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The INF Treaty was designed to eliminate all INF Treaty-prohibited systems in a short time span, and to ensure compliance with the total ban on the possession, production, and flight-testing of such systems. The INF Treaty is of unlimited duration.
The Ailing INF Treaty: What to Know - Council on Foreign Relations
Jan 28, 2019 · A Cold War–era pact that has kept the United States and Russia from stockpiling a whole class of the most destructive weapons— the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty —has...
INF TREATY - United States Department of State
On June 15, President Reagan proposed the elimination of all U.S. and Soviet shorter-range missile systems. On July 22, 1987, General Secretary Gorbachev agreed to a "double global zero" Treaty to eliminate intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.