In a speech in 1948, Russell said that if the USSR's aggression continued, it would be morally worse to go to war after the USSR possessed an atomic bomb than before it possessed one, because if the USSR had no bomb the West's victory would come more swiftly and with fewer casualties than if there were atom bombs on both sides.
U jednom govoru iz 1948., Russell je naglasio kako bi bilo moralno gore ući u rat sa SSSR-om nakon što oni dobiju atomsku bombu nego dok je nisu imali, jer bi u tom slučaju pobjeda Zapada bila brža i s manje žrtava, dok bi u prvom slučaju bilo pogubnije ratovati sa zemljom koja također ima bombu.