1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Thirty years ago, on December 8, 1987, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan signed in Washington an indefinite Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. It entered into force on June 1, 1988. The parties to the treaty pledged not to produce, test or deploy ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles of medium (from 1,000 to 5,500 kilometers) and shorter (from 500 to 1,000 kilometers) range.