Keihan Barzger stated on IRNA's "Diplomacy Table" program:
🎥 A nuclear weapon is a deterrent, but its limit is a matter of survival/ Neither Russia nor China agree with the expansion of the nuclear club.
There are two views; One point of view believes that nuclear weapons do not create deterrence and the other point of view believes that nuclear weapons naturally bring deterrence. But the reality is between these two views.
Those who claim that nuclear weapons do not bring deterrence believe that states that have nuclear weapons cannot use them; That is, the ability of the world is not such that it can use nuclear weapons and destroy humanity. What is the use of nuclear weapons for captive countries like Israel, Russia and other countries? On the other hand, those who believe that nuclear weapons bring deterrence, say that if the purpose of nuclear weapons is not for countries to win the war or to win on the front, the fact that it, even without a nuclear explosion, creates a kind of deterrence so that other countries will be wary of going to war with that country.
🔹 If the survival of the Israeli prisoners is in danger, be sure that the Israeli prisoners will use nuclear weapons. Therefore, nuclear weapons create a kind of deterrence, but its limit is the issue of survival. We must understand this well.
It is possible. Look, when the Pakistanis built their nuclear weapons, they said their goal was to create a balance against India's nuclear weapons; But Pakistan is now upping its game and regional diplomacy with this level of power. bombed the border area and Pakistan immediately responded. The message was, "What are you doing? "I am a nuclear country." The Russians and Chinese are close to the Westerners on this particular issue and believe that a country should not be added to the nuclear club. In these cases, when they talk about disarmament, they say that this matter is related to the great powers. The discussion is the discussion about great powers and intermediate powers.
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