Joachim Hagopian Once the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, ever since for eight straight decades now, the other eight countries that also subsequently developed nuclear weapons have always refrained from using them. Up until just recently, mutually assured destruction as an effective nuclear deterrent has prevented hostile rivalries from blowing each other up. It has kept in check the longstanding Cold War rivalry between US and Russia as two adversaries possessing the most warheads on the planet from nuclear annihilation. The same applies to decades of contentious relations between…
