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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Referenced by (4)

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

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 ⓘ