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What does it mean?
Dönitz warns that new weapons like atomic bombs will spread and be used first, highlighting imminent global danger.
In plain terms
He warns atomic bombs will spread and be used soon, making the world dangerous.
What can you take from it?
Technological proliferation creates immediate and unavoidable global risks.

Where it applies

  • arms race concerns
  • strategic planning

Putting it to work

  • risk assessment
  • policy formulation

Questions to consider

  • Is proliferation truly unstoppable?
  • How should nations prepare?

Another view

The quote assumes inevitability without considering diplomatic restraint.

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