Arms race

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Ever since the end of the WW II, the leading nations or the big powers as they are termed by other nations, have been employing double standard. On the one hand, they insist that disarmament should be enforced by every nation and nuclear arsenals should be cut down sharply and no country should embark upon a fresh nuclear programme, and on the other hand, they develop nuclear arsenals themselves. This dichotomy has only sharpened the nuclear arms race in the world led by the USA and Russia (erstwhile USSR). There are now many countries that, encouraged by the arms trade by the big and medium powers, have amassed weapons, including nuclear ones.
Apart from US enemies such as North Korea and Iran, other countries like Israel, India and Pakistan have started building arsenals of intermediate-range missiles. Although some possess nuclear weapons, none of them is constrained by the INF treaty.
One does not know if they are serous or just trying to find prospective customers from the regions troubled by wars and in-fighting. Or, have they invented any higher precision technology?