W.W.W3. Has It Begun?

[The_DADDY]

New Alliances are being formed, and old ones broken.

American Troops and assets are being deployed in the middle east with US boots already on the ground and carrier groups already in the region. 

Ukraine and Russia still doing their thing.

Russia isn't making threats (but really they are) about the hypersonic nuclear missiles its planes carry and would use if 'provoked'.

America testing new nukes themselves.

Africa more or less turns its back on the west.

Frances suggesting it may use military force in Niger.

Britain sending assets to Ukraine, Kosovo and maybe even the middle east.

China making deals with Russia and rattling its Saber over Taiwan (nothing new there though)

The list goes on and on and on.

Has WW3 already begun or am I just watching Threads too often?

 

Your thoughts?

 

 

[Padders]

13 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

New Alliances are being formed, and old ones broken.

American Troops and assets are being deployed in the middle east with US boots already on the ground and carrier groups already in the region. 

Ukraine and Russia still doing their thing.

Russia isn't making threats (but really they are) about the hypersonic nuclear missiles its planes carry and would use if 'provoked'.

America testing new nukes themselves.

Africa more or less turns its back on the west.

Frances suggesting it may use military force in Niger.

Britain sending assets to Ukraine, Kosovo and maybe even the middle east.

China making deals with Russia and rattling its Saber over Taiwan (nothing new there though)

The list goes on and on and on.

Has WW3 already begun or am I just watching Threads too often?

 

Your thoughts?

 

 

Madness Daddy,

Wars are a form of madness, it's hardly a civilized pursuit.

It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and spend so little time working on how to achieve peace.

[Longcol]

 

23 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

New Alliances are being formed, and old ones broken.

American Troops and assets are being deployed in the middle east with US boots already on the ground and carrier groups already in the region. 

Ukraine and Russia still doing their thing.

Russia isn't making threats (but really they are) about the hypersonic nuclear missiles its planes carry and would use if 'provoked'.

America testing new nukes themselves.

Africa more or less turns its back on the west.

Frances suggesting it may use military force in Niger.

Britain sending assets to Ukraine, Kosovo and maybe even the middle east.

China making deals with Russia and rattling its Saber over Taiwan (nothing new there though)

The list goes on and on and on.

Has WW3 already begun or am I just watching Threads too often?

 

Your thoughts?

 

 

No.

 

WW3 would involve nuclear weapons.

[The_DADDY]

6 minutes ago, Padders said:

Madness Daddy,

Wars are a form of madness, it's hardly a civilized pursuit.

It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and spend so little time working on how to achieve peace.

100% agree matey. And no one ever learns from war. Nothing ever changes except a select few bank balance Increases massively.

 

My bold

Again, 100% agree but then there's no profit in peace.

2 minutes ago, Longcol said:

 

No.

 

WW3 would involve nuclear weapons.

Right from the start?

Maybe.

I see the use of nukes to happen more by way of escalation. You know, start off small with a few battlefield nukes then all bets are off and the big boys get dropped.

[Longcol]

7 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

 

 

 

Right from the start?

Maybe.

I see the use of nukes to happen more by way of escalation. You know, start off small with a few battlefield nukes then all bets are off and the big boys get dropped.

Not going to be a world war until someone escalates it to nukes.

 

Don't forget that tactical / battlefield nukes are more destructive than the WW2 bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Padders said:

Madness Daddy,

Wars are a form of madness, it's hardly a civilized pursuit.

It's amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and spend so little time working on how to achieve peace.

Well said Padders.  mankind is barmy.

Instead of buying weapons,  all that money could be spent on medical research and providing clean water for those who don't have it.

 

[The_DADDY]

2 minutes ago, Longcol said:

 

Don't forget that tactical / battlefield nukes are more destructive than the WW2 bombs that hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Not so.

From Google 

 

We suggest that a low-yield weapon produces between one and ten kilotons. For comparison, the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about fifteen kilotons. By contrast, the Minuteman III ICBM delivers a nuclear weapon with an estimated yield of 300–475 kilotons.19 Dec 2022

2 minutes ago, Organgrinder said:

Well said Padders.  mankind is barmy.

Instead of buying weapons,  all that money could be spent on medical research and providing clean water for those who don't have it.

 

My bold 

That won't happen sadly. Expect Global Fresh water shortages in the coming years according to the wef which will be a nice little earner for the select few. 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

 

That won't happen sadly. Expect Global Fresh water shortages in the coming years according to the wef which will be a nice little earner for the select few. 

 know it won't,   which is why I said that mankind is barmy.

 

[El Cid]

It is really difficult to criticise Russia for invading Ukraine, if we are ok with Israel expanding into Palestine.

How do we stay on the right side, do we just blindly stick with the USA?

They helped us in the last war, but it will be complicated if Trump gets elected and withdraws from Ukraine 

[Longcol]

12 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

Not so.

From Google 

 

We suggest that a low-yield weapon produces between one and ten kilotons. For comparison, the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about fifteen kilotons. By contrast, the Minuteman III ICBM delivers a nuclear weapon with an estimated yield of 300–475 kilotons.19 Dec 2022

 

From Google, but with a link to the source;

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_nuclear_weapon

 

"Modern tactical nuclear warheads have yields up to the tens of kilotons, or potentially hundreds, several times that of the weapons used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

 

Even your source suggests a "low yield" weapon  could be nearly as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb.