What role has the development of nuclear weapons played in international relations?

The presence of even “peaceful” atomic technologies already inspires respect for the state. The fact is that access to raw materials and technologies for their enrichment are an intermediate step towards obtaining nuclear weapons. A country that is capable of producing nuclear fuel for its power plants and building them poses a potential threat to others. In the days after World War II, the United States was the first to create and terrifyingly test these weapons. We are talking about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The power of the explosions was amazing. The USSR decided to keep up. The presence of such weapons is a huge “trump card”.