TIL The stability–instability paradox states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability%E2%80%93instability_paradox
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