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intermediate-range nuclear weapons |
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intermediate-range nuclear weaponsClass of nuclear weapons with a range of 620–3,400 mi (1,000–5,500 km). Some multiple warheads developed by the Soviet Union could strike several targets anywhere in Western Europe in less than 10 minutes. The U.S. could send a single nuclear warhead from central Europe to Moscow in less than 10 minutes. Both were regarded as offensive, first-strike weapons. U.S.-Soviet arms-control negotiations (1980–87) led to the intermediate nuclear forces (INF) treaty, signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, to completely remove and dismantle these and shorter-range weapons. |
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Space Defense program has been a top Soviet priority, for exactly the same reasons as the removal of the Western intermediate-range nuclear weapons has been. The Soviet Union was going to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear weapons from Europe, in return for the United States' doing the same thing. The most that could have been expected from Reykjavik would have been limited accord on intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, with matching caps on Soviet SS-20s and U. |
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