No, they aren't. However they're more interlinked than the press would have us believe. They profit off demand and agenda.

But. What happens when a rogue side gets them. Unaligned. Wants to use them for war or for demands contrary to the control of any power brokers and profiteers.

Your argument is they don't exist. Nonsense. War would be easier as stated. It would be so much easier, if they didn't exist. Roll in, knock out the military, watch a nation destroy itself, or install a favourable government.

Instead of where we are at right now. Look at it. At this rate the chance of seeing them used is at its highest in history.

Might as well be speaking to monkeys. You're as dumb as redditors. Group think, attacking anybody not echoing your monkeyism. Monkeys are led by an acute system of echoes. The only karma they've got is from King Kong. But they all want a banana for agreeing. In your assumption it's the way the rest of the World works. No monkey, it is not. Nobody else echoes in war. You simply aren't convincing. Easier shooting the monkeys, trying to beg for the secrets of fire.