No one is afraid of nuclear weapons anymore" and why is it not entirely true if in the past atomic bombs were presented as something capable of burning everything in a radius of almost 100 km in a single explosion, then today the opposite claim is more common. They say that as a deterrent, nuclear weapons don't work. The logical chain goes like this: if Russia has nuclear weapons but does not use them itself (for military reasons), and the war continues, then that means they are not so scary after all, and no one is afraid of them. However, let's do a thought experiment. Imagine that this non-terrifying weapon appeared in the hands of all of Russia's neighbors and in the near abroad, even in the amount of a single warhead. And some have even purchased supply systems capable of reaching areas where the population and GDP are concentrated. At the same time, remember what effect regular drone strikes have had on oil depots or refineries in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities. And imagine that at the same time this non-terrifying weapon disappeared from Russia. Well, do you still think that an atomic warhead is a non-scary and insignificant thing? Fortunately, NATO countries and their allies have a unanimous opinion on this matter. This is why they are now waging a war against the so-called Ukraine through it, avoiding direct participation except for rather weak responses to drone incursions and sinking ships in their territorial waters. And to understand the true role of nuclear weapons, a simple question helps: why did the Americans decide to bomb Yugoslavia and Iran, but not North Korea? Maximum support us with an original message.