NATO Double-Track Decision

Protest in Bonn against the nuclear arms race between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact, 1981

The NATO Double-Track Decision was the decision by NATO from December 12, 1979, to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range ballistic missiles and intermediate-range ballistic missiles amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[1] In case of refusal, NATO planned to deploy more medium-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe after the Euromissile Crisis.[2]

  1. ^ Trakimavicius, Lukas. "NATO at 70: Lessons from the Cold War". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ "Thirtieth Anniversary of NATO's Dual-Track Decision". nsarchive2.gwu.edu.

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