The Nation : Army Tests Missiles Prohibited by Treaty

Five Army Pershing 2 missiles, banned from deployment under a treaty with the Soviets, were test-fired at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The unarmed missiles were successfully fired under battlefield conditions by NATO troops, normally based in West Germany, an Army spokesman said. The tests went off separately, Army officials said. The Pershings have been banned from use under an arms treaty signed Dec. 8 by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, but the treaty has not been ratified by the Senate. The document does not require either side to withdraw or destroy missiles until it has been ratified by both governments. The Pershing is a field missile launched from its own assembly, which can be carried by a truck.