Pershing II missiles

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Pershing II missiles were U.S. intermediate-range, nuclear-armed ballistic missiles deployed in Europe during the Cold War and later dismantled under the INF Treaty.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
MGM-31B Pershing II 1
Pershing II 1
Pershing II ballistic missile 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. military weapon system ⓘ
intermediate-range ballistic missile ⓘ
nuclear missile ⓘ
accuracy high accuracy with CEP of tens of meters ⓘ
armedWith nuclear warhead ⓘ
associatedWith Euromissile crisis ⓘ
ceiling suborbital ballistic trajectory ⓘ
conflictRole strategic bargaining tool in U.S.-Soviet arms control negotiations ⓘ
counterpart Soviet SS-20 Saber ⓘ
linked to: SS-20 Saber IRBM
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
deployedIn Europe ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
deploymentBegan 1983 ⓘ
deploymentConcept forward-based nuclear strike capability in NATO ⓘ
deploymentEnded late 1980s ⓘ
designedBy Martin Marietta ⓘ
designedFor rapid reaction nuclear strike ⓘ
developedFor NATO theater nuclear forces modernization ⓘ
developedFrom Pershing I ⓘ
diameter approximately 1 meter ⓘ
dismantledUnder Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ
enteredService early 1980s ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
radar terminal guidance ⓘ
introduced 1983 ⓘ
launchPlatform road-mobile transporter erector launcher ⓘ
length approximately 10.6 meters ⓘ
manufacturer Martin Marietta ⓘ
mass approximately 7.4 metric tons ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
partOf NATO nuclear sharing posture ⓘ
propulsion two-stage solid-fuel rocket ⓘ
range approximately 1100 miles ⓘ
approximately 1800 kilometers ⓘ
retired late 1980s ⓘ
retiredUnder Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ⓘ
role theater-level nuclear deterrent ⓘ
serviceBranch U.S. Army Field Artillery ⓘ
stageCount 2 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successorTo Pershing IA ⓘ
treatyEnteredIntoForce 1988 ⓘ
treatySigned 1987 ⓘ
usedBy United States ⓘ
usedIn Cold War ⓘ
warheadType W85 thermonuclear warhead ⓘ
warheadYield variable yield up to approximately 80 kilotons ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

INF Treaty → categoryEliminated → Pershing II missiles ⓘ
Arthur Rudolph → workedOn → Pershing missile ⓘ
linked to: Pershing II missiles
W50 warhead → usedOn → MGM-31B Pershing II ⓘ
linked to: Pershing II missiles
W50 warhead → compatibleMissile → Pershing II ⓘ
linked to: Pershing II missiles
Euromissile crisis → involvesWeaponSystem → Pershing II ballistic missile ⓘ
linked to: Pershing II missiles