Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987. The US Senate approved the treaty on 27 May 1988, and Reagan and Gorbachev ratified it on 1 June 1988.
Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan sign the INF Treaty.
SS-20 launchers
Paul Nitze, 1983
Protest in Amsterdam against the nuclear arms race between the United States/NATO and the Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact
Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Historically, arms control may apply to melee weapons before the invention of firearm. Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to impose such limitations upon consenting participants through international treaties and agreements, although it may also comprise efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations upon a non-consenting country.
Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev and U.S. President Reagan signing the INF Treaty in 1987