The U.S. has in its possession 5,100 nuclear warheads. The destruction resulting from the notorious bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was devastating, but these bombs were miniscule compared to what is available to great military powers of today. But funny thing, I’m not too worried about the U.S., Iran or any other country using nuclear weapons.

The reason I’m not worried- at least not too worried- is because I’m mad. That’s right, I said it. I’m not worried about Iran joining the nuke club because of Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.). This is the theory that nuclear capability is a deterrent against nuclear war. It prevents the use of weapons of mass destruction due to fear of retaliation. This theory gave the arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War a certain legitimacy, despite the obvious dangerous implications.

Furthermore, I’m not worried about the impending doom of the world due to relatively small developments in other nation’s military arsenals because it would end up worse for them than for us. Besides Russia, no other nation comes close to having what America does in it nuclear arsenal, but even the former communist state poses no threat to the U.S. or any other nation in the world due to the U.S. having the capability to completely destroy Russia completely in retaliation.

With that said, I’ll just sit back and let M.A.D. do the dirty work.