Even if an Arab state developed a bomb, and used it against Israel, that country would surely know that they could not destroy Israel, and that it was committing collective suicide.
Mutually assured destruction has been the deterrent that has prevented the U.S. and U.S.S.R./Russia from destroying the world for half a century. It may be (I said "may be") the next best thing to total disarmament.
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