(February 20, 2019 at 2:39 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Grim, dark imagination can take the mind to strange places. But the worst section of these grim thoughts is the section decorated by blood and mass murder.
This section in the mind springs from the geopolitical situation of the world, the de-facto alliance between different factions and the map of atomic weapon distribution.
So who will fight who? the question is too broad because there are too many holders of atomic weapons in the world, but one thing is certain: once the first bomb/missile detonates; there is no peace or turning back. The aftermath of a single bomb is too huge, and the chain reaction of response will bring the demise of all involved parts.
For example, it can be North Korea firing at Japan. The USA would join to defend its interests in Japan, China would join North Korea, Putin would join to defend China... down to the smallest country in the Middle East; the world will turn into a hell hole just like that.
The following link is a nuclear map that calculates the estimated casualties resulting from a nuke explosion of your choice; see the disaster yourself of a bomb exploding in one of the world's capitals:
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Post your imagined scenario for the beginning of the next world war. You might be saving all of earth if you guessed right based on facts; nobody knows the future but..hey it's better than sitting with my mouth shut about it, knowing that every political system in the world is proud to own such a lethal, filthy firecracker produced by a filthy group of people with no honor or humanity.
I don't think it will matter who starts it, friend or foe.
Global warming will be the biggest trigger no matter who starts it.
Humans need resources. The more extreme weather effects all parts of the globe, the harder it becomes to get them. The harder it becomes to get them, the more political unrest causes a given society to blame their own government and or other countries.
I will say, it wont matter who starts a global nuclear war. Once everyone fires in all directions, humanity will be lucky if it survives. And even if we do, it will knock us back into the stone age to the point, if we survive, to killing our neighbors for food and resources.
