it will last longer,see, when you powerhouses have annihilated each other, the vacuum has to be filled.
we smaller countries that just sat back and watched the madness unfold,will now go at it.
this will signal the age of a long lasting guerrilla type warfare.
no one will truly be victorious unless one of us gets hold of nuclear weapon or two
and voila, whoever that is,is the new big dog!!
i am oversimplifying this,of course!!