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Originally posted by Jack_Deth
The way I look at it is this. If you believe in aliens, US government involvement with them, etc. World War 3 with North Korea/Iran should probably be the least of your worries.
Originally posted by jaguarmike
Seems to me this is getting huge- way too much turmoil. WWIII pre-panic? Any thoughts?
Originally posted by annestacey
Why do you say that? Aliens haven't interfered with previous wars.
Originally posted by jaguarmike
Don't you wish you were born in the 50's instead?
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
Korean War - 54,000 over 3 years (18,000 per year)
Vietnam War - 58,000 over 10 years (5,800 per year)
Gulf War II - 2700 over 3.5 years (771 per year)
Things are looking up. These are the times to be living in, no regrets.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
Korean War - 54,000 over 3 years (18,000 per year)
Vietnam War - 58,000 over 10 years (5,800 per year)
Gulf War II - 2700 over 3.5 years (771 per year)
Things are looking up. These are the times to be living in, no regrets.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
Luckily the learning curve for someone to build a nuclear weapon is huge. No terrorist organization has the means of doing so.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
Even if they had the knowhow, they wouldn't have the resources, uranium is hard to come by. Even if you knew where it was, it would involve a huge mining and refining operation that would definately be tracked via satellite.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
So the most plausible solution for this would be for the terrorists to buy a nuclear weapon on the blackmarket (ie: from Russian Mafia, etc).
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
There are supposed suitcase variant nuclear bombs. It is a little conspiracy theory but a few years back supposedly 100 of these were unaccounted for. I don't know if this story was ever authenticated and I doubt it could be authenticated regardless.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
However, smuggling these into the western world is going to be rather difficult.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
That is why, if something like this is going to happen, it is going to happen in Israel first. If a terrorist did detonate a nuclear bomb in Israel, he hopefully realizes this is going to backfire on him. The arab world will also be contaminated depending on wind patterns and just as many muslims would potentially die from the aftermath of this.
Originally posted by Jack_Deth
If this were to happen on US soil, the loss of life would be tremendous yes. Maybe 50-100,000 from the initial blast and 5x more over the next decade of radiation related death. However, this would change our stance on the war as a whole, much like it did on September 11th in the first place. Instead of having 175,000 soldiers on the ground (Iraq/Afghanistan), I am sure a draft would be enacted and we could swell this number to 1,000,000 in a matter of months and include a variety of theatres.
Originally posted by CaptainIraq
First off, I'd like to make a comment that despite what your all thinking, WWIII is not going to happen any time soon. Look into the past at the years before the other World Wars. Today's world is happy funland compared to those times. Also, the Cold War.