The United States and the USSR signed the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on December 8, 1987 in Washington, which eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons.
Post Cold War - the constituent republics within the USSR went through political revolutions and Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the country's president which resulted in separation and extinction of the USSR. LINK: After the removal of missiles in Cuba, the treaty was signed, resulting in peace, but extinction of the USSR. |