The treaties are only good for as long as people think they don't need the weapons.

I'd be willing to bet that there's a lot of non-nuclear countries that either have, or can very very quickly put together a nuclear weapon.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, all the European border countries immediately mined the border territories 🤷 arms control is a peacetime publicity move. As soon as war becomes a possibility we fire up the meat-grinder. And even more perversely, we celebrate it.