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Pershing II
Land	Usa
Rolle	Mellemdistance ballistisk missil
I brug	1983–1991
Bygget	276

Den Pershing II våbensystem var et fastbrændt to-trins ballistisk missil designet og bygget af Martin Marietta til at erstatte Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System som den amerikanske hærs primære atomare våben på teaterniveau. Den amerikanske hær erstattede Pershing 1a med Pershing II våbensystemet i 1983, mens det tyske luftvåben beholdt Pershing 1a, indtil alle Pershings blev elimineret i 1991. U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) styrede udviklingen og forbedringerne, mens Field Artillery Branch implementerede systemerne og udviklede taktisk doktrin.

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Den Pershing II was a medium-range ballistic missile developed by Martin Marietta to replace the Pershing I as the primary nuclear-capable weapon of the United States Army in Europe. It had a range of 1,100 miles and a variable-yield W85 warhead that could be set from 5 to 80 kilotons. The Pershing II was designed to be more accurate and survivable than its predecessor, using a maneuverable reentry vehicle with active radar guidance and a two-stage solid propellant rocket engine.
The Pershing II was deployed in 1983 in response to the Soviet Union’s deployment of the SS-20 Saber missile, which had a longer range and two warheads. The Pershing II and the SS-20 were both eliminated under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed in 1987 by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.