the INF Treaty
/ði ˌaɪ en ˈef triːti/
/ði ˌaɪ en ˈef triːti/
the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
- an agreement reached in 1987 between the US and the USSR to destroy all nuclear missiles (= explosive weapons fired through the air) that could travel between 300 and 3 400 miles/483 and 5 471 kilometres. It was the first reduction in nuclear weapons that had ever taken place. The INF Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, by the US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It involved 1 752 US missiles and 859 Soviet ones.
INF条约：1987年，美国与苏联达成一项协议，要求销毁所有可以在300至3400英里/ 483至5471公里之间飞行的核导弹。这是有史以来第一次减少核武器。美国总统罗纳德·里根和苏联领导人米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫在华盛顿特区签署了《 INF条约》。它涉及1752枚美国导弹和859枚苏联导弹。