Reply #8: Nuclear bombs are the biggest threat in the hands that already hold them.

[TheMadMonk]

All this talk about rogue states is just so much bullshit.

What small nation would use a nuclear first strike capability when to do so would mean suicide? What terrorist organisation would, when detonation would invite condemnation from all quarters?

What possession of a nuclear bomb (+ delivery system) means to most nations, is that it stands as a deterent to invasion by a nation like the United States and if the deterent effect fails, they get a shot at taking decent honour guard with them.