In this fashion, Soviet-American INF Treaty which had eliminated thousands of destabilizing nuclear weapons, set the course for disarmament agreements between the nuclear superpowers, and paved the way for end to Cold War was dispensed with.. ..…

The deployment of American missiles created problem for USSR while American and submarine launched nuclear missiles might take the better part of hour or more to reach Soviet Union Pershing II missile, launched from NATO bases, would take 6 to 8 minutes to reach Moscow. ..…