P211CEEFAX 211 Wed 19 Oct 12:02/11    E   The US has started the destruction of cruise missiles under the treaty which bans land-based medium-range nuclear weapons. A team of Soviet observers watched at a site in Arizona as the first of the 41 missiles were cut in half. Over 400 cruise missiles will be dismantled in the next three years, including those@which were based at Greenham Common in Berkshire and Molesworth in Cambridgeshire. News index 1p2/2p2 Newsreel 119/219 Next News NewsIndex Newsflash BBC2 TV