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Pershing II
Land	Norge , Norge
Rolle	Mellomdistanse ballistisk missil
I tjeneste	1983–1991
Bygget	276

Den Pershing II våpensystem var et totrinns ballistisk missil designet og bygget av Martin Marietta for å erstatte Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System som United States Armys primære kjernefysiske våpen på teaternivå. Den amerikanske hæren erstattet Pershing 1a med Pershing II Weapon System i 1983, mens det tyske flyvåpenet beholdt Pershing 1a til alle Pershings ble eliminert i 1991. U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) styrte utviklingen og forbedringene mens Field Artillery Branch utplasserte systemene og utviklet taktisk doktrine.

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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.