The Nuclear Threat
Many countries have nuclear weapons in today's unsavory world, with Russia having a huge arsenal and the USA coming next in line.
The elementary point is that having huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons is utterly irrelevant and a waste of time and expense.
For example - the UK has 225 nuclear weapons, of which 120 are available and 40 are currently deployed, mainly by submarines of the Royal Navy 24/7. It would only take less than a dozen to completely destroy Russia - the UK could do that on our own without the help of others or reliance on the mighty USA.
And that evil pig Putin knows it.
So we must fear only a nuclear conflict and not who has the biggest drum.