START may be sunk by a nuclear torpedo

Washington has once again signaled its desire to negotiate reductions in Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal.

According to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, the United States wants Russia to reenter the tangled web of interdependence spun around the issues of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons and antimissile defense.

There will be no further progress on nuclear disarmament unless the countries can cut this Gordian knot.

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