"All the great empires did not have weapons that could render the planet uninhabitable a hundred times over" Like Ukraine's nuclear weapons protected it from R

"All the great empires did not have weapons that could render the planet uninhabitable a hundred times over" Like Ukraine's nuclear weapons protected it from Russia ? Here is a clue. As the world situation changed, Ukraine lost its nuclear weapons. Want to bet that will NEVER happen to the USA or the successor of the USA ?