Arms Talks Now Turn to Short-Range Weapons -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — Fresh from winning Senate approval for a new strategic arms treaty, President Obama plans to return to the negotiating table with Russia next year in hopes of securing the first legal limits ever imposed on the smaller, battlefield nuclear weapons viewed as most vulnerable to theft or diversion.
This time around, though, Mr. Obama may have an easier time with the Senate Republicans who tried to block ratification of the new treaty, known as New Start, than he will with the Russians who were his partners in writing it.
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Update: US: Tactical Nuclear Weapons Deal with Moscow Next -- Voice of America
My Comment: American hopes for an agreement with Russia on battlefield nuclear weapons are a little bit premature. The Russians possess a huge numerical advantage .... and from what I have read in the Russian press for the past few months, they have very little if any interest to negotiate this number down.