Another possibility, all too real in this era of nuclear proliferation, is that a superpower confrontation could be touched off by a first use of nuclear weapons in a regional conflict, into which the superpowers would then be dragged.

• 另一种可能性在核扩散的当代也是十分现实的，即完全可以由于首先在一场区域性争执中使用了核武器，从而把超级大国卷了进去，触发了超级大国之间的对抗。