GLCM's were eventually scrapped as part of the terms of the IntermediateNuclearForces(INF) Treaty signed between the United States and the former Soviet Union.
In 1983, the issue was whether the NATO alliance would proceed with its agreed plan to deploy hundreds of Pershing II ballistic missiles and Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles in five Western European nations (collectively known as Intermediate-range NuclearForces or INF).