World War 5

[AKKuya]

Any predictions on what WW5 will be?

WW1 was from roughly 1914 to 1918 between the European Powers over who had the biggest stick.

WW2 was from roughly 1933 to 1946 between Axis and Allied Powers over elbow room.

WW3 was from roughly 1946 to 1991 between Cold War Powers over who had the biggest stick mainly through propaganda and large militaries with a shooting war in Korea (1947-1954 roughly and stalemate to today), a shooting war in Vietnam (1946 - 1980 roughly), a shooting war in Afghanistan (1970's to 1980's) and isolated shooting events in Middle East, Falkland Islands, Central America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

WW4 is from 1993 to present between Industralized Nations and miltant extremeists over everything and nothing.

This prove's Einstein was wrong with his prediction on WW4.  His response was roughly "I don't know how WW3 will be fought, but I know WW4 will be fought with rocks and sticks."  He was assured that a nuclear holocaust would be the result of WW3.

Technology has become so rampant and increased with speed that conventional wars between nations have truly become obsolete.  Military hardware is so expensive and too long in production that nations would lose thier inventories very quickly save for a lopsided exchange between a massively strong nation and a smaller weaker nation.

Where does that leave the future wars and best ways to prevent them?

Cloning?

Artificial Intelligence?

Mutation?

Haves and Have Nots?

Cyborgs?

Flesh eating viruses coupled with Nervous System Failure?   In other words, Zombies.

It looks like the 21st century will be filled with new dangers complements of the advandcement of human science.  My personal opinion is looking at the blueprints laid out in science fiction books and films on these areas of concentrations.  The solution is real simple.

Charter a yacht with no crew.  Take a 10 gorgeous women and sail off to a deserted island in the South Pacific and let the rest of the world deal with this.

Just hope an asteroid 3 miles wide doesn't slam into the ocean 1000 miles away.  It would be a bad day. 

[Tupac]

I've never heard the cold war reffered to as WW3, or whatever we are in now as WW4

[MachFly]

I've never heard the cold war reffered to as WW3, or whatever we are in now as WW4

Agreed.


WW3 has not happened and I really hope it wont, if it will things will really suck.

[Spikes]

The Cold War was the cold war. There was no fighting.

Vietnam did not involve the rest of the countries.
Afghanistan did not involve the rest of the countries.

[Tupac]

Agreed.


WW3 has not happened and I really hope it wont, if it will things will really suck.

I hope it doesnt happen either, but prefferably it wouldnt happen in either of our lifetimes. (Or if it will happen in our lifetimes, prefferably not the time between when I'm 18-25)

[skorpion]

If there is a WW3, its most likely going to end with nukes going out with "to whom it may concern..." written on it.

[TinmanX]

The next World War is a Cyber War and it has already begun.

[Lusche]

WW3 was from roughly 1946 to 1991 between Cold War Powers over who had the biggest stick mainly through propaganda and large militaries with a shooting war in Korea (1947-1954 roughly and stalemate to today), a shooting war in Vietnam (1946 - 1980 roughly), a shooting war in Afghanistan (1970's to 1980's) and isolated shooting events in Middle East, Falkland Islands, Central America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Particularly the Falkland islands war was totally unrelated to the Cold War.


There has been no WW3 to this date.

[oakranger]

It has been debated that the Seven Year War should be WWI, WWI would be WWII, and WWII would be WWIII.

[Tupac]

It has been debated that the Seven Year War should be WWI, WWI would be WWII, and WWII would be WWIII.

Hmm... That actually makes sense.

[F22RaptorDude]

Being a Cyborg would be awesome, well until you stat missing the part of your body thats robotic

[Tom5572]

War on the scale of WWII is something i hope to never see. The small conflicts some of us have seen were enough. There is nothing fun about it.

[TnDep]

http://www.rense.com/general3/8000.htm  Nuclear blast that happen 8000 to 12000 years ago


http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/09/science/la-sci-hominid9-2010apr09  fossil human remains 2 million years old.


Why haven't we advanced quicker if our species is this old?  Why have we just advanced in the past 200 years?  We don't know our past, much less our future. 

I can say this, it seems the earth resets itself one way or another after we advance so far, what makes it reset I don't know but we are near I presume unfortunently.

Not to get off topic here but I think this plays a vital part of future wars/events.

[MK-84]

I wonder what defines a World War?
Other than the obvious of the "entire world at war"
If that was the case couldn't the war on terrorism be considered?  It spans almost every continent, and affects in some way almost everyone.  Although the affected countries have not mobilized their entire industries for the war effort as in WW2, and a lesser extend WW1, and a result is that the definition?

[TnDep]

I wonder what defines a World War?
Other than the obvious of the "entire world at war"
If that was the case couldn't the war on terrorism be considered?  It spans almost every continent, and affects in some way almost everyone.  Although the affected countries have not mobilized their entire industries for the war effort as in WW2, and a lesser extend WW1, and a result is that the definition?

I don't think Terrorism is considered a war, you can only try to prevent it.  They plan an attack and carry it out without encountering resistence and they don't want resistence.  When two sides fight each other thats considered a war, not when one hides in the dark planning an invisible attack in my opinion.