Those two powers, undoubtedly also motivated by the fear of irremediable accidents, had the wisdom to see the imminent danger lying in wait for humanity; they realized that one of the risks they were facing was that some slight provocation by a third party could have led to the destruction of the human species.
Ces deux puissances ont eu la sagesse — poussées sans doute aussi par la crainte d'accidents irréparables — de percevoir le danger imminent qui guettait l'humanité; elles ont réalisé, entre autres risques, qu'une simple provocation d'un pays tiers aurait pu engendrer la destruction de l'humanité.