Will there be a world war 3

Question

if so, when

Answer 1

it's over -- we won.  thanks for your help.

paraphrasing Einstein:  if ww3 is fought with nuclear weapons, ww4 will be fought with sticks and stones

Answer 2

Hopefully no, but probably yes. My magic 8 ball says "ask again later", so I don't know when yet.

Answer 3

Yes there will be if Mccain gets elected into office. 2009 baby!

Answer 4

I hope not. My boyfriend is going over there.

And i can say if McCain gets into office it will happen....

Answer 5

Not in the conventional way, the days of doing battle on a battle field are quickly coming to an end.  The next "world" war will be fought with terrorists.  The cowards that have women and children die for them.  

There are no rules for these people (and I use the term people lightly).  There needs to be rules, women and children should not have to suffer.  

The only thing terrorist understand is a bigger stick.  In order to prevent the next world war, we need to capture, execute, and scare the terrorist to go under the rocks they came from.

Answer 6

Probably not, considering the wide availability of nuclear weapons to terrorists and some nations. WW1 was obviously fought without the idea of nukes, and WW2 ended with them. The worst that could happen is another Cold War. Everyone will want to fight but be too afraid to.

Answer 7

It could be 28 minutes from now or 280 years. We've beaten the odds so far, but probability has way of catching up to up you. Let's look at current crisis.

Targeting sites in a nuclear war with Iran, or any country in the region, would involve widespread nuclear contamination and large numbers of casualties. It would be impossible to limit this to Iran alone. And even in extreme circumstances, the only clear requirement for high-yield strategic nuclear weapons would be on some selected command and control facilities; their use would have to be restricted to a small number of targets because of fallout considerations.

If Iran did acquire atomic bombs, it would put pressure on other countries in the region to do the same. Many Arab countries believe it is unfair that Israel has nuclear weapons. If Arab countries, notably Saudi Arabia but also Egypt and possibly Syria, found themselves caught between a nuclear-armed Israel and a nuclear-armed Iran, it would greatly increase pressures to pursue their own nuclear options.

This could result in a regional arms race in the Middle East which is likely to be quite destabilizing, given the number and intensity of conflicts and instabilities in the region.

Because of Murphy's Law, the conflict could escalate into a major confrontation between US and Russia/China, especially when long range missiles are fired by the US at Iran (for instance), it could be interpreted by early warning systems in Russia and China as an attack against them.

The military people call it "accidental or false attribution". How does China know the missile is headed for Iran and not them? By the time the flight path is determined, it could be too late to form a retaliatory response, hence, it's better to "launch on warning". A global nuclear exchange could be initiated in a nuclear war in the Middle

There's been over 20 close calls during the Cold War and Post Cold eras, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the accidental training tape incident at NORAD in the late 1970's, to the more recent 1995 incident involving a Norwegian science satellie launch. The hair triggers nearly put the world into a nuclear inferno. Most people in the world did not know how close they've come for the nuclear sword of damacles to come tumbling down on the heads.

Even today, we only stand 28 minutes from a nuclear at any given time. The aging Russian early warning systems and their reduced security after the break-up of the Soviet Union should be real concerns.

If anything, a nuclear war will be the result of accidental launches from a false alarm from the two 'strategic' superpowers.

Answer 8

i don't know :(

Answer 9

yes there will be in 2009  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_...

answer mine please http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 10

it depends, if the rising country wants to keep their secret weapon, for sure it will happen, to conquer the other country

Answer 11

Mate i know there will be a world war 3 because the war in Afghanistan and Iraq the Terrorist or bad people you can call them are getting and creating chemical warfare stuff aka. nukes and bio-bombs.

and same with a lot of countries so it will probably be a show down of who has the most which will be America of course but they will probably kill themselves anyway because their won't be any resources left so yer that's my point of it anyway.

Answer 12

most likely yes, probably in 50 years time. I base this upon the fact that China is developing its economy at an incredible speed and will definately be the next superpower. Its military is huge.

The allies vs middle east, china and Russia.

Answer 13

i hope not. i love peas.

i meant peace

Answer 14

  There already was one; it was called The Cold War. With R. Reagan, the US and it's allies won it! The fourth World War is the War Against Terrorism which we are winning thanks to the leadership of GW! Thank God for GW Bush.

Answer 15

only if some idiot makes it happen.......again  

Answer 16

probably not.

Answer 17

Yes, there will be!..the evidence of history is undeniable, its within our nature to kill and slaughter each other, usually by being missled and lied to by corrupt and greedy politicians, maniacal religious leaders or greedy corporations!..The next one, ww3 will almost certainly be against the world of Islam! Either the corporates greed for their oil, or some Islamic fanatics, without thinking of the consequences, will get their hands on a small nuclear device, probably from Iran, or Pakistan..Stick it in Washington, or Tel Aviv, and then, publically announce that they did it! Much of the Islamic world, will have to support them, or be declared to be 'un-Islamic'!..This sort of scenario has been worrying military strategists in the west for years as it seems the most likely thing to happen! The fear is that as soon as Iran develops a nuclear bomb, they will use it in the name of Islam, or give it to Islamic fanatics to use!..WW3 is definitely a certainty!..But when, well ??

Answer 18

Bush is doing his best to get it on with Iran before he gets ousted in Jan.  Fortunately McCain won't win and cooler heads will prevail.  

Answer 19

Yes, this will be the best sequel yet!

Answer 20

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."Albert Einstein

Answer 21

I don't think so. Most wars now are internal or civil wars as opposed to external countries.

There aren't two big alliances squaring off each other. The only real war threat is in the Middle East, but the Arab Nations don't want to be bombed and the US needs oil so they will have an uneasy peace.

Answer 22

We are on it now how good is your word.

Answer 23

yes

when . . . .  I have no idea.