51.  Pakistan has also proposed a mutual and balanced reduction of conventional forces.

52.  Pakistan has taken this route to compensate for an overwhelming disadvantage in conventional forces.

53.  Preserving limits on conventional forces in Europe and guarding against the long-term possibility of a resurgent Russian military have been important U.S. objectives.

54.  Putin said the treaty would allow Moscow to modernize its nuclear arsenal and also divert scarce funds to conventional forces.

55.  Russia, whose conventional forces are in disarray, might as a result rely more on nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

56.  Russian conventional forces have grown so flaccid that Russia has altered its nuclear policy.

57.  Sergeant Major Alley is with the U.S. Forces Command, which supervises all conventional fighting forces in the continental United States, based at Fort McPherson, Ga.

58.  Since then, domestic politics, economic problems and general neglect of the military have left Russia with a hollow conventional force.

59.  Special forces often operate in enemy territory before conventional military forces arrive and after they leave.

60.  Taking on some of these elements could also involve traditional conventional forces.