In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was supposed to take parallel steps, but he hardly got the chance as the Soviet Union disintegrated. Now, 35 years later, the Pentagon is nervous that Russia might use nuclear weapons in Ukraine or attack NATO. In June, 2023 […]
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