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 It's a common mistake to confuse possession of nuclear weapons with being a superpower. Nuclear technologies are becoming more and more commoditized, and proliferation efforts seem to be struggling with this fact. Humanity may soon end up with 2x countries with nuclear weapons.  However, this would not mean that there would be 2x superpowers, or even just powers. Look at the DPRK or Pakistan, how powerful are they?