Claim: Ronald Reagan was president of the United States.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -LRB- INF Treaty -RRB- is the abbreviated name of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles , a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union -LRB- and later its successor states , in particular the Russian Federation -RRB- . Signed in Washington , D.C. by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 8 December 1987 , the treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on 27 May 1988 and came into force on 1 June 1988 .   The INF Treaty eliminated all nuclear and conventional missiles , as well as their launchers , with ranges of 500 -- 1,000 km -LRB- short-range -RRB- and 1,000 -- 5,500 km -LRB- intermediate-range -RRB- . The treaty did not cover sea-launched missiles . By May 1991 , 2,692 missiles were eliminated , followed by 10 years of on-site verification inspections .