European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 inf treaty the stars and stripes wednesday december 9,1967 Fate of dismantled Sites undetermined by the stirs did stripes if and when the  arms pact is ratified the United slates will have three Yean to remove its medium Range missiles from Europe full officials Aren t saying what will happen 10 he facilities and personnel supporting the . Perching ii missiles in Germany and the ground launched cruise missiles in England the Netherlands Belgium and Italy. Well have three years in which o carry Pul the icons of the treaty so no Quick decisions arc Likely to be made a Pentagon spokesman said i suspect it would be relatively easy to simply dose the bases or turn them Over to the Host nation. Certainly it would be much easier to do that than o try and close a military base in a congressman s Home District he said the people at those bases can always be retrained. And with a Ihrcke year time Frame with which to work a lot of those people could simply be phased out through attrition. It s just too Early to say whal course Well  a staffer with the House armed services subcommittee on military installations said the panel has been asking the same question of inc defense department and the state department and no one has been issuing much information. We re being told Hal nothing can be discussed in regard la what happens Posl inf until that treaty is signed she said. The intermediate Range nuclear Force inf missiles the United states will remove arc the Pershing us which arc 34.4 feel Long with one warhead and have a Range of 1,120 Miles and the ground launched cruise missiles which Are 21 feel Long with one warhead and have a Range or t ,550 Miles. The soviets will remove their ss-20s, which arc 52.8 feet Long with three warheads and a Range of about 3,100 Miles and the ss-4s, which Are 68.8 feet Long with one warhead and a Range of about 1,220 Miles. In Germany the 56th Field arty come maintains All the Pershing ii missiles in three locations in the Southern part of he country at leh Grube near Neu Ulm in he stale of Bavaria at Camp Rcd leg in Heil Bronn and at the missile storage area in mul Langen both in the slate of Ibadan Wuerttemberg. The com Mand Headquarters is at Bismarck Cavern in Schwa Biseli can land a few Miles from inc Mut Janger facility. The command has about 6,000 soldiers some 2,000 of whom Are trained specifically to work with the mis Siles. It includes three Pershing missile battalion. The 2nd in 9th Field any kept is at sch Libisch ground the 4lh in 9ih Field arty regt is at Heilbronn and nearby Necka sulm and the 1st in 9th Field any regl is Al Neu Ulm. Pershing deployment in Europe dates to 1963, when the United states began installing 24 Pershing i mis Siles on tracked vehicles. In 1969, the United states traded the tracked veh irtes for wheeled truck like Erec Tor launchers to carry the Pershing 1a missile. The penning Las Are West German but the War Heads arc controlled by the United states. West Ger Many agreed in August to eliminate rather than modernize the Pershing Las once the superpowers ratify their treaty. The Pershing us began arriving in december 1983 after 16 months of testing in accordance with the nato twin track decision of 1979. The command had fielded All of the 108 Pershing ii missiles by the end of 1985, although it does not say How Many arc Al each location. Medium Range missiles the picture in Europe the United slates has 108 per sting 2 Baltic ofe Siles and 208 Tomahawk cruise missiles for a total of 316 a site deployed so far in Europe. Moran tree misses Are planned by the end Oil 983. Bringing the total to 572 Messur twang missiles. The figures or a act country below Are the numer of rms ates planned Wtown the deployment is comp. J nato countries Warsaw pact countries theether Tanto 40 cruise missiles sovet Luminato says the russians have 270 ss-20 missiles in the european part of the soviet Union the russians say the number is 243. In addition. Mere Are 112 ss-4 a but the Yare being phased out. By Tum 48 cruise missiesbritafci160 cruise misses wet Germany 108 Pershing 2 s and 96 112 cruise missiles the ground launched cruise missiles Are located inthe following areas Flora ones a Belgium. The base is the Home of the 485th tac missile Wing. 1,321 military personnel and 249 civilians. Recent news reports said 16 More missiles were to arrive next year with the total of 48 missiles to be completed by 1990. The first americans began arriving in 1984. While numerous facilities Al the base already have been completed some facilities Are under construction said Cape. Gary Turner base Public affairs officer. About $ 195 million has been designated for construction. This amount includes completed projects those under construction and construction projects still in planning Turner said. A Aschheim As Germany. The 38th tac missile Wing maintains the ground launched cruise missiles that Are a version of the . Navy s Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile. The Wing was reactivated to a missile Wing in april1985. September 1987 figures show 887 military Mem Bers assigned to the installation with 19 . Civilian Sand six local National workers. The Wing consists of five squadrons and two tenant units. One of the units the 89tb tac missile so provides ground launched cruise missile flight commanders an Crew members for the Wing. The Squadron is authorized six cruise missile rights with 16 missiles authorized each flight. Woen Sprecht Netherlands the Advance puny of the 486th tac missile Wing was welcomed in october 1986. The Wing with 48 ground launched cruise mis Siles was activated in August of this year. The base population currently 1,300 airmen and family Mem Bers was expected to reach about 3,000 persons. The base was lobe operational by the end of 1988.most of he base operations Ore in temporary build Ings while a massive base construction program continues. Comiso Sicily. The 487lh tac missile Wing has supported 112 ground launched cruise missiles since july 1983. About 1,700 military member and 230u.s. Civilians Are assigned. Comiso is an italian air Force base with an italia base commander. During world War ii the base was used by Axis Powers until rendered unserviceable by Allied bombings in july 1943. The italian government consented to the construction and establishment of theato cruise missile base in 1982. Raf Molesworth and Raf Greenham common England. There Are 160 cruise missiles in England a Greenham common about 1,850 military personnel and 260 civilians support the so i St tac missile Wing. Amendments could doom treaty Nunn warns Washington a the chair Man of the Senate armed services com Rillee said tuesday that the .-Spvietarms agreement will Likely win ratification but warned Hal amendments could doom the pact. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., said the treat that president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed tuesday to eliminate intermediate Range nuclear weapons will win Senate approval bar ring unforeseen  if those reservations or amendment require that the soviets sign another agreement or renegotiate Lien that could be taken by the administration As Kilter amendments Nunn said on Abc to s Good morning  that will be where the crucial Voles will  sen Richard Lugar Rind a member of the Senate foreign relations com mine welcomed the nuclear arms agreement. I think the treaty is a sound treaty Well negotiated Well observed Lugar said on Abc tvs  on monday Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole called the arms agreement a watershed accomplishment for the president but said the Senate should not get caught in glasnost fever As it con siders ratification. The United states can never be Loo cautious in dealing with the soviets or Lake anything on Faith even from this new disciple of glasnost Dole said a Soviel general Secretary Mikhail Gorba Chev arrived in Washington monday. It boils Down to this i Trust Ronald Reagan but 1 Don l Trust Mikhail Gorba Chev said Dole a Republican presiden tial contender. The Senate minority Leader who is expected to play a key role when the Law makers debate ratification of the treat next year said the proposed ban on intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Europe already has strained relations with America s nato allies and suggested Reagan should move slowly on any or   might All Benefit by lowering the expectation level a bit Dole r-kan.,said in a speech delivered to a closed door meeting of Gannett newspaper executives. Summits can solve problems. But they cannot wipe out the fundamental differences Between our two countries and  asserted that the treaty signed tuesday had been stuffed Down in Throat of  the Beil Way to avoid further prob lems in the Alliance is to Cool the talk about another Gorbachev Summit Dole said let it happen when arms control events and not our political Calendar a Cuie