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The Global South cannot get nukes fast enough. The only way to deter the US is to show that it will get glassed by everyone if it tries any shit.
Luckily the US's non-existent industry can't really sustain a prolonged nuclear arms race (e.g. how slow even conventional US munitions are being built). Back in the Cold War, the USA used the nuclear arms race to waste Soviet industrial resources. Now, the Global South can flip the same strategy on the US.
Unfortunately, US already has more than enough nukes to end the world. I feel like after a certain point the arms race just doesn't matter.
Your concern is valid but don't fall for defeatism
For sure, in my view we have to recognize that scenarios like the nuclear holocaust are possible, but we have to plan for a future where they don't happen. As long as there is hope for a better world, then it's worth keep fighting for it.
That's my take as well.
This is a huge misconception lots of people have with nuclear bombs. All modern nukes are around 0.5 megatons, so no modern nukes are Tsar Bombas. That means each nuke cannot wipe out more than a ~5 mile radius max.
Humans have already tested more than 2000 nukes and we're still here.
Not destroy the Earth. Destroy modern human civilization. Big difference.