What If World War III Happened Tomorrow?

human history has been full of battles and Wars some big and some small but if World War three were to happen it might be humanity's biggest battle yet advanced technology massive troops and more intensive strategy would all be involved but why would something like this happen what countries would join in and how would this war be fun this is what if and here's what would happen if we had World War 3 people have talked about a possible world war 3 for decades it almost started in the 1960s during the cold war between Russia and the United States but thankfully we managed to avoid that but let's say we aren't lucky enough to avoid it next time when might World War 3 happen well it's tough to say a world war could start due to prominent political figures getting killed intelligence threats or fighting over valuable resources talking about it like this makes the chances of a war happening sound likely but the chances are actually a lot lower than you think since 1945 the world has seen many different battles Vietnam Afghanistan and dozens of different civil wars we should keep in mind that in order for a world war to happen it needs to involve the entire world and the structure of the world has changed even more since 1945 countries simply aren't as closely allied as they used to be militaries are even stronger and more skilled than they were as in previous World Wars it's most likely that millions of people would die and the earth would take decades if not centuries to recover especially with some of the weapons and tools countries would be using in today's age soldiers on the ground might have exoskeletons these are metal frames around the soldier's body that augment their strength although this probably won't turn them into robocop it would make it easier for soldiers to carry heavy equipment over long distances weapons that can bend around corners might also be a possibility and instead of seeing the war fought in the sea or the sky it could actually be fought in space militaries could fight over weaponized satellites that could affect what's below them although a lot of this stuff sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie we should keep in mind that these weapons are scary and hopefully no one will ever need to use them after all things like this are meant to kill people but there may not be many soldiers on the ground the war of the future might be fought on computers drones artificial intelligence and robots could be the only things on the battlefield there's also a chance that acts of war in the future might not involve any violence at all hacking into other countries computers as well as power grid shutdowns are all a possibility and what would this war be about anyway it could have to do with resources specifically water since fresh water is such a scarce yet valuable resource nations may begin to fight over it as it continues to deplete hopefully World War three won't go on forever so how could it end well one reason and a main reason why a world war hasn't happened yet has to do with these things during World War two the United States dropped nuclear bombs of Japan killing over 100,000 people the cities involved took decades to recover but the two nukes used in World War two would pale in comparison to the modern nukes we have today oh and by the way there are nearly fourteen thousand nuclear warheads around the world held mostly by America Russia and China a nation can have all the resources people and strategy they want but if a nuke gets dropped on them then it's game over and if one country drops a nuke what's to stop another country from doing the same and then another and another and soon the world would be destroyed so who would win this war absolutely no one a full-on world war 3 would have a massive impact on the world as a whole it's safe to say that the world would never be the same but try not to lose sleep over this after all a third world war like this with dozens of countries involved is incredibly unlikely to start tomorrow if two countries get into a fight it's more likely that other countries that aren't directly involved will stay that way and let the other nations fight for themselves wars are terrible let's try to avoid them after a heavy subject like this I need a bit more fun I know what if we jumped into a pool full of stomach acid hmm may not be fun but that sounds like a story for another what if you

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Length: 5min 50sec (350 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 08 2020