the first one who pointed out its danger to europe was chancellor helmut schmidt.e just negotiating strategic weapons, which resulted in the salt ii treaty. although it was not ratified by the united states due to the war in afghanistan, its provisions were still respected. helmut schmidt drew attention to the fact that pioneer missiles remained outside the brackets of these agreements. in minutes. could destroy command centers, control points, and most importantly, ports that were necessary for the landing of the american allies. in germany there were serious fears that in response to this, the us will not use its nuclear weapons and will retreat from its guarantees. schmit believed it was important to link u.s. national security with guarantees to europe as the carter administration pursued détente. therefore, in december 1979, it was adopted at the nato summit in brussels. the so-called double solution: firstly, pershing-1 missiles were replaced by pershing-2 ballistic missiles, however, due to their limited range , tamohawk cruise missiles were also deployed in