former us assistant secretary of state thomas countryman now fears that this threatens to turn into a new arms race and, moreover , can lead to a nuclear missile war, even during local conflicts, by the way, the russian foreign ministry warned about this and now experts continue to speak. as you yourself understand, when you use nuclear weapons, whether for tactical purposes or for some local purposes, you do not control this process. now it can be tactical, and then it can be anything, so the concept itself was vicious, but it was born on a wave of such permissiveness over the past 20-25 years america has completely forgotten how to fulfill its international obligations formally washington signed a treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, but in words the states criticized the treaty proposed in the united nations organization for its complete prohibition, as not meeting the current agenda among other potential threats. this means that the goals of the pentagon are also considering north korea and pakistan, which have nuclear weapons, but in total there are less than a doz