Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Bet you were against the Pershing missiles being deployed in West Germany too.

Like most sensible people I was ambivalent. I thought it was provocative, but I also thought it was likely 'trade bait'.

Which it was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pershing_II

Elimination


The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.[30] The missiles began to be withdrawn in October 1988 and the last of the missiles were destroyed by the static burn of their motors and subsequently crushed in May 1991 at the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant near Caddo Lake, Texas.

Although not covered by the treaty, West Germany agreed unilaterally to the removal of the Pershing 1a missiles from its inventory in 1991, and the missiles were destroyed in the United States.