reagan. the inf treaty was signed more than 30 years ago, a mayor achievement in arms control. after world war ii, they raced to advance missile designs that outproduced each other. now in the mid 1970s, the sow y -- soviets unveiled the ss 20. it could hit targets to northern alaska. they were pursuing arms control negotiations while deploying their own missiles in western europe. talks continued through the decade until the treaty was signed in 1987. it bound the united states and the soviet union to have their range rockets, lawneuncherlaunc