Unfortunately, WWIII will be global suicide, therefore in answer to your question, as long as there's rational superpowers who believe in MAD, there will be no WW3. By definition, the next world war wil be nuclear, how could it not. In a nuclear war there will be no winner. In a nuclear world, the only true enemy is war itself.
The next World War will involve a nuclear exchange, how could it not if both sides believe no price for victory will be too high. In the first 30 minutes, nearly a billion people will have been vaporised, mostly in the US, Russia, Europe, China and Japan. Another 1.5 billion will die shortly thereafter from radiation poisoning. The northern hemisphere will be plunged into prolonged agony and barbarity.
Eventually the nuclear winter will spread to the southern hemisphere and all plant life will die. You ask what country would be victorious, you are asking when will we commit global suicide. My answer is it won't happen soon because the larger superpowers are more rational than the rump states in the middle east.
While we hear talk of a nuclear-Iran or a confrontation with NorKor, little is said about the 2 bulls in the glass shop. The arsenals of Russia and the US are enough to destroy a million Hiroshimas. But there are fewer than 3000 cities on the Earth with populations of 100,000 or more. You cannot find anything like a million Hiroshimas to obliterate. Prime military and industrial targets that are far from cities are comparatively rare. Our biggest threat is from an accidental launch by the Russians.
At the point of global suicide, it doesn't matter who is on what side.... In a nuclear age like i said before, the only true enemy is war itself.
2007-10-18 07:57:44
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answered by Its not me Its u 7
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I don't expect the main "world war" to start quite so soon, but it is coming, maybe in 10 years, give or take. The conflict has already started to sprout, but it will take a while for it to mature.
When you ask who will start it, that depends on how you define "start." The conflict has already started on a low level and it is going to escalate. It is interesting that, though we have already been attacked on US soil, the enemy is still ill-defined and elusive, unlike in WWII, when we knew exactly who and where the enemy was. When the US joined that war in response to attack, the war had been on for several years already in other countries. Likely the same will happen this time. It isn't even clear now, which country will become the vanguard of the Islamist extremists.
It appears that our enemies may not bother to declare war (Japan didn't either) and so it will be up to the
2007-10-18 03:30:52
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answered by The First Dragon 7
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Everyone is under MAD these days, so if a war broke out it would not be with nukes. But i would think it would be Asian countries for three reasons:
A) Resources like Metals, Gold, wood, Fossil Fuels
B) Nationalism
C) Land to feed themselves with.
All world wars were caused by these factors.
The world is about to hit the fan. 2020
2007-10-18 03:09:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Well no because since Governments are so into economics that if they start a war they would be too afaid to lose to countries who imports and exports things like China who exports lots of things to the world as well as Australia and some other countries
2007-10-18 02:57:56
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answered by Anonymous
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We will always have wars....the cold war could have been considered a "world war" I we know for sure...is the next one is always coming.
FIRST DRAGON
Japan did declare war...the U.S did not receive it do to comm problems...but they did declare before the attacked.
2007-10-18 03:46:58
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answered by Michael M 5
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Yes I do. I think either Iran or Russia will be the instigators.
I also believe that as soon as a new president is elected there will be another attack on US soil...just to test the waters and see what the new president will do.
2007-10-18 02:56:18
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answered by Anonymous
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by christmas,santa will give the world some new toys
2007-10-18 08:34:45
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm sure there will be plenty of them in the future. can't tell you when and why they'll start, I can't see the future.
2007-10-18 03:15:04
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answered by JD Zombie 3
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bush, before he leaves office will try to start it
anything to bring on Armageddon
2007-10-18 02:53:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Duh .... Read Revelations
2007-10-18 02:53:35
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answered by Insensitively Honest 5
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