and only with the onset of detente, after the collapse of the ussr, us secretary of defense william perryoctrine. guaranteed safety, but as practice has shown, not for long. at this point , nuclear deterrence already exists between india and pakistan, but there is also a mechanism of nuclear... holding a weak state against a strong one, demonstrating to the aggressor that even if he achieves his goal, he will pay an unacceptable price for it, this is the concept that north korea adheres to. very often we are faced with a situation where we slide into such ever greater confrontation, politicians hope that, well, some limited amount of funds will be enough to... frighten, convince the opponent , convince the enemy, as a rule, this turns out not to be the case, and this is where this phenomenon of creeping uncontrollable escalation comes from, encountered - repeatedly throughout history, but we are talking about conventional weapons, yes, if we are talking about great powers, then with conventional weapons, if we look at the largest war of the second half of the 20th century, and this the ir