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From what I have read Sauron forged the Ring in order to control the population of Middle-earth? He did so by distributing lesser Rings amongst specific individuals in the Elf, Human and Dwarf communities and then used the One Ring to control the them. So it's kind of a feudal system where the owners of the lesser rings become his vassals, and they in turn use their lesser rings to control the population. In such a manner Sauron controls Middle-earth.
Rather than a weapon of mass death and destruction , the Ring is primarily a tool of control. It can only control the owners of the lesser rings and undo what was created by them. We know that he has already recovered the (recoverable) dwarven and human lesser rings. So by recovering the One Ring he would only have control over those possessing the Elven rings and what they have wrought with them (presumably places like Lothlorien and Rivendell).
Rather than a weapon of mass death and destruction , the Ring is primarily a tool of control. It can only control the owners of the lesser rings and undo what was created by them. We know that he has already recovered the (recoverable) dwarven and human lesser rings. So by recovering the One Ring he would only have control over those possessing the Elven rings and what they have wrought with them (presumably places like Lothlorien and Rivendell).