The term "weapons of mass destruction" continued to see periodic use, usually in the context of nuclear arms control; Ronald Reagan used it during the 1986 Reykjavík Summit, when referring to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. Reagan's successor, George H. W. Bush, used the term in a 1989 speech to the United Nations, primarily in reference to chemical arms.
The term "weapons of mass destruction" continued to see periodic use usually in the context of nuclear arms control; Ronald Reagan used it during the 1986 Reykjavík Summit when referring to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty Reagan's successor George H W Bush used the term in a 1989 speech to the United Nations primarily in reference to chemical arms