Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) from 1989 to 1992 established comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment in Europe (from the Atlantic to the Urals) and mandated the destruction of excess weaponry. The treaty proposed equal limits for the two "groups of states-parties", NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Members
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States
Major provisions
Numbers of the following classes of military equipment not to exceed:- 20,000 tanks
- 20,000 artillery pieces
- 30,000 armoured combat vehicles
- 6,800 combat aircraft
- 2,000 attack helicopters
See also
External links
- [The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty at a Glance] — Arms Control Association
- [History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance] - UK Government site
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