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Contents
Introduction ......................................................1
The Distinction Between Strategic and Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons ........ 4
Definition by Observable Capabilities ........................ 4
Definition by Exclusion .................................. 5
U.S. and Soviet Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons ........................ 6
U.S. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War ............. 6
Strategy and Doctrine .................................... 6
Force Structure ..........................................7
Soviet Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War ............ 8
Strategy and Doctrine .................................... 8
Force Structure ............................................8
The 1991 Presidential Nuclear Initiatives ......................... 9
U.S. Initiative .......................................... 9
Soviet and Russian Initiatives ............................. 10
U.S. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War ............... 11
Strategy and Doctrine ................................... 11
Force Structure ........................................ 13
Russian Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War ............ 14
Strategy and Doctrine ................................... 14
Force Structure ......................................... 16
Changing the Focus of the Debate ............................. 17
Issues for Congress ............................................ 18
Issues ......................................................18
Safety and Security of Russian Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons ..... 18
The Role of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons in Russia's National
Security Policy .................................... 19
The Role of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons in U.S. National
Security Policy .................................... 20
The Role of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons in NATO Policy and
Alliance Strategy ................................... 20
The Relationship between Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons and
U.S. Nonproliferation policy ........................... 21Policy Options ............................................ 22
Status Quo ........................................... 22
Reduce reliance on nuclear weapons ........................ 22
Cooperative Responses .................................. 23
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Woolf, Amy F. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, report, September 9, 2004; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6104/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.