"Here's how World War Three could start tomorrow" Topic

"There is an old adage that militaries set themselves up by failure by preparing to fight the last war. When it comes to 21st Century warfare, the problem however may not be with looking back, but that we aren't looking back far enough.

For the last two decades, leaders in London and Washington have become focused on operations in places like Sierra Leona, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Syria, where the worry was, and is, weak and imploding states.

But bigger trends are at play globally. We are seeing the return of great power politics – and with it, the risk of powerful states going to war. Conflict with the likes of Russia or China was something that seemed buried with the end of the Cold War. Yet today's simmering tensions mean there is a risk of such an outcome becoming all too real…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Mondays are always the worst day of the week … to start anything …

War driven for profit is meaningless if there is no one left to profit. Doesn't mean it won't happen.

When I read the title, I thought this would be the EMP warning again. A coordinated EMP attack is a possible prelude to the end of the world as we know it, at least in the heavily industrialized nations.

The post apocalyptic game could be a survival game with objectives being water, food and shelter. No land vehicles unless pre-electronic/computer or wind or animal driven to keep it simple and modern medieval.

Like your post apoc scenario my friend!.

Amicalement
Armand

coordinated EMP

Why does everyone think that this is the case.

An EMP attack will only shutdown electronics that are on.

It does not stick around and all you need to do is come with new electronic equipment.

What is far more likely to start World War 3 is the need for clean water.