Yeah, and we are in the midst of it. Hello World War III.
I would surmise that China and Russia have roles in what is going on, abiet hidden, considering they have propped up Iran, Syria and North Korea for years.
China is the greatest proliferator of nuclear technology in the world, and no doubt supplied its know-how to both Iran and North Korea. Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was a Chinese gift, too.
http://www.nci.org/i/ib12997.htm
IV (The US lost nearly 100,000 KIA in III)
Thank you, again, William Jefferson Clinton. You are a gift which keeps giving. If you had not SOLD to China our most vital military technological secrets, the world would truly be different right not.