Question

Q9. Consider the following statements

1. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is a nuclear-arms-control accord reached by the United States and the Soviet Union.

2. Those two nations agreed to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range or medium-range missiles.

Which of the above statements are correct?

• A. a) 1 only
• B. b) 2 only
• C. c) Both 1 and 2
• D. d) None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C

c) Both 1 and 2

• Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, abbreviation INF Treaty, nuclear-arms-control accord reached by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 in which those two nations agreed to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range or medium-range land-based missiles which could carry nuclear warheads.
• It was the first arms-control treaty to abolish an entire category of weapon systems. In addition, two protocols to the treaty established unprecedented procedures for observers from both nations to verify first hand the other nation’s destruction of its missiles.