ADAMSKY Dimitry

Nuclear incoherence : deterrence theory and non-strategic nuclear weapons in Russia / Dimitry (Dima) Adamsky. - 2014

Russia reputedly holds the world's largest stock of non-strategic nuclear weapons (sometimes also described as tactical, operational tactical, or regional nuclear weapons, and in the West considered as any nuclear weapon not covered by SALT and START). This article discusses this confusion of definition and then considers why Russia appears not to have a cohesive approach to regional nuclear deterrence.


RUSSIA--NON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DETERRENCE