Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO.pdf - Program on Strategic ...

of special concern to Russia <strong>and</strong> also China. These include:
• Conventional precision munitions onboard
bombers (B-1/52, F-15/16/18);
• Refitted Ohio class submarines with approximately
600 conventional Tomahawk cruise
missiles;
• Modification of two of 24 nuclear-equipped
Trident missiles for PGS missions;
• Development of hypersonic missiles <strong>and</strong> glide
vehicles; <strong>and</strong>,
• Potential development of anti-satellite <strong>and</strong>
space weapons.
For all of these options <strong>and</strong> developments, there
exist no arms control framework or regime.
Any improvement of <strong>NATO</strong>-Russia relations is
likely to be incremental. To the degree possible, <strong>NATO</strong>
<strong>and</strong> Russia should therefore try to untangle the different
linkages between political <strong>and</strong> military aspects of
their relationship. According to the IFSH report, four
parallel strategies to strengthen arms control could have
a positive impact on overall relations:
• Both sides should restrict themselves in areas
where they have clear military supremacy,
such as conventional combat forces on <strong>NATO</strong>’s
side <strong>and</strong> TNWs on the Russian side;
• Both sides should engage in a process of confidence-
<strong>and</strong> security-building which focuses on
those military weapon systems that have a reduced
relevance for strategic stability, such as
TNWs;
• <strong>NATO</strong> <strong>and</strong> Russia should support a continuation
of treaty-based arms control by agreeing
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