Both Russia and Nato maintain such tactical weapons (which are smaller in scale than so-called strategic weapons) even though many experts say their military usefulness is unclear.
Third, the new agreement appears to defer the matter of so-called tactical nuclear weapons.
Our allies will also be troubled by his aspiration to eliminate U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.
Published estimates indicate Russia still has about 6, 000 to 7, 000 strategic and 10, 000 to 20, 000 tactical nuclear weapons.
The Perry-Schlesinger commission report identified Russian tactical nuclear weapons as an "urgent" problem.
The administration may hope to negotiate reductions in tactical nuclear weapons later.
Third, the Review envisages the development of new, tactical nuclear weapons with smaller warheads, which might, for example, be used to penetrate fortified underground bunkers.
But this was no longer an issue, Okada said Tuesday, because the U.S. ordered its ships and planes to stop carrying tactical nuclear weapons in 1991.
Even if, against all odds, the Kremlin were to agree to curbs on tactical nuclear weapons, their relatively small size and ease of portability means that any such limitations would be inherently unverifiable.
In a separate development, the Swedish and Polish foreign ministers also called on the United States and Russia to reduce their arsenals of smaller "tactical" nuclear weapons in Europe.
UNITA, evaluating the strength of the government's build-up and air power, opted for a tactical withdrawal, taking most of its heavy weapons, and the civilian population, with it.
But many ordinary Libyans remain skeptical that powerful militias, many of which have vast weapons arsenals, will surrender so easily and may simply be beating a tactical retreat until popular anger calms.
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