On November 28, 1986, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the U.S. government had officially deployed the 131st B-52 strategic bomber carrying a cruise missile. The U.S. government¡¯s decision violated the second phase strategic weapons restriction treaty signed by the U.S. Soviet Union in 1979, and the U.S. Department of Defense announced on November 28, 1986, that the U.S. government had officially deployed only 130 strategic bombers and 1.320 strategic missile launches. The U.S. decision was made by President Reagan and his national security adviser at a meeting on November 27, based on the U.S. government¡¯s view that the USSR repeatedly violated the second phase strategic weapons restriction treaty. The decision of the U.S.