It's an interesting world we live in. And by interesting I mean scary as hell in weird ways.
Putin is doing his nuclear saber rattling - which is being echoed by some in NATO - while China is rattling literal sabers in the South China Sea. Ok technically the weapons used to slash the Philippines' rubber boats were "an axe and other bladed or pointed tools." Close enough to literal sabers for me.
China is escalating in another conflict to test US response. Scary times.