Euromissile crisis

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The Euromissile crisis was a tense Cold War confrontation in the late 1970s and early 1980s over the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, which sparked massive peace protests and pivotal arms control negotiations between NATO and the Soviet Union.

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Euromissile crisis canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War crisis
East–West conflict
nuclear weapons controversy
political crisis
characterizedBy anti-nuclear movement in Western Europe
heightened East–West tensions
large demonstrations against missile deployments
massive peace protests
public debate over nuclear deterrence
conflictBetween NATO
Soviet Union
countryInvolved Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany

France
German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany

Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
other Warsaw Pact states
endTime mid 1980s
followedBy implementation of the INF Treaty
late Cold War détente
hasAlternativeName NATO Double-Track Decision crisis
missile crisis in Europe
hasCause NATO decision to deploy Pershing II missiles
NATO decision to deploy ground-launched cruise missiles
Soviet deployment of SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles
deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe
hasKeyEvent INF arms control negotiations
NATO Double-Track Decision
deployment of Pershing II missiles in West Germany
deployment of cruise missiles in Belgium
deployment of cruise missiles in Italy
deployment of cruise missiles in the Netherlands
deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom
mass protests at Greenham Common
mass protests in Bonn
signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
hasOutcome Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
elimination of an entire class of intermediate-range nuclear missiles
precedent for later arms control agreements
reduction of nuclear tensions in Europe
strengthening of European peace movements
influencedBy NATO nuclear strategy
Soviet military modernization
public opinion in Western Europe
involvesWeaponSystem BGM-109G ground-launched cruise missile
Pershing II ballistic missile
SS-20 Saber intermediate-range ballistic missile
linked to: SS-20 Saber IRBM
involvesWeaponType intermediate-range nuclear missile
theater nuclear weapon
locatedIn Europe
mainSubject arms race between NATO and the Warsaw Pact
nuclear deterrence in Europe
partOf Cold War
relatedTo Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
NATO Double-Track Decision
anti-nuclear movement
arms control negotiations in Geneva
significantPlace Bonn
Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Geneva
Greenham Common air base
linked to: Greenham Common

West Germany
startTime late 1970s
temporalContext late Cold War

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NATO–Soviet relations hasPart Euromissile crisis
NATO Double-Track Decision resultedIn Euromissile crisis
Pershing II associatedWith Euromissile crisis
subject linked to: Pershing II missiles
Able Archer 83 crisis relatedTo Euromissile crisis