Russia gives up 'large-scale war' option, delays arms buys

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has endorsed a military construction policy that concedes Russia will not be able to fight a "large-scale war" at least through 2005, and so will continue to rely on nuclear weapons as the major deterrence factor. The long-awaited "Concept of the State Policy in...

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