The problem lies in the inherent destruction of the state eliminating any possibility of a resolution benefiting that state. Now that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has officially been dissolved, no country claims the nuclear power equal to that of the United States. In effect, we are presently in the same position we were during the immediate years after that fateful August day in 1946. And through it all we learned that mutual deterrence worked. In nuclear deterrence, the phrase is flipped.
History repeats itself until some action demonstrates the repetition as detrimental.
Deterrence, however, is a lack of action. Unfortunately, deterrence worked and nothing was learned. The will of the people is scarcely congruous with the will of the government, yet they would be the ones punished. This argument brings to mind two quotes with which I shall conclude. Oh yeah, that test was pretty easy, I guess.