The Nation - News from April 13, 1989

Soviet arms control inspectors decided to conduct “short-notice” inspections at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Huntsville, Ala., under terms of the treaty banning medium-range nuclear weapons, the Pentagon announced. The Soviet inspection teams had arrived in Washington on Tuesday. Cmdr. Ken Pease, a Pentagon spokesman, said one 10-member team specified a visit to a missile storage facility at the Redstone Army Depot in Huntsville. The other 10-member team asked to inspect Complex 16 at Patrick Air Force Base near Cape Canaveral. Complex 16 was once used as a launch test center for the Pershing 2 and ground-launched cruise missiles that are covered by the treaty.