Washington and Moscow sparred aver each other's tactical nuclear weapons following an Oct. 5-6 visit to Russia by a senior Department of State official, who also rebuked Russia for not withdrawing its armed forces from two of its neighbors.
Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Assistant secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker indicated that the United States had questions about Russia's fulfillment of October 1991 pledges regarding its tactical nuclear weapons, which arc warheads designed for use on the battlefield rather than the more powerful kinds deployed on long-range missiles and bombers.
Specifically, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev promised Moscow …