Leading generals in the US have warned of a Third World War that will be quick and deadly. They see a war with Russia as almost inevitable if the security situation worsens as recently. World War III is said to surpass any military conflict, with autonomous weapons and Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerating the war. As US General William told US Defense One, warfare would be so rapid that human capabilities would be overwhelmed. His country would definitely prepare for a third world war. The United States has started to modernize its armed forces in order to be optimally prepared for new threats.
How the US is preparing for World War III
The ongoing conflict in Syria, in which Russia has taken over military leadership, is exacerbating the security situation and creating renewed tensions with the United States. The tensions between the two superpowers are gaining momentum every day and the communication between the two countries is reminiscent of the Cold War era. Last week the peace talks to resolve the Syria conflict were broken off, and this illustrates the ice age of the two militarily armed nations. As the British newspaper “Dailystar” writes, the US is to run through special war scenarios in the Nevada desert in which two B61 nuclear weapons are dropped without an active charge. The B61 was part of the Cold War arsenal and has been extensively modernized in recent years.
According to a statement by the US Nuclear Security Administration (NSA), the exercise was used to test the reliability and performance of the weapons under certain conditions. According to media reports, the Russian military has reacted to the new tensions with the United States and moved its Iskander missile system to a secret location. In this way, Iskander is said to be less easily detectable by US spy satellites and enemy intelligence agencies.
Observers describe the tension as unsettling. In the worst case, a third world war could break out in the event of an incident. All humanity would suffer a global war between Russia and the United States.
What firepower do Russia and the United States have?
In February 2016, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke of a “new Cold War” at the Munich Security Conference, and Vladimir Putin described NATO as a threat to Russia. The question now is what firepower the United States and Russia have. According to the ” Global Firepower Ranking ” based on 126 countries, the US armed forces take first place. US military personnel are 1.4 million soldiers and 1.1 million reservists. There are 8,848 tanks available on land-based weapon systems. The U.S. Air Force is composed of 13,444 aircraft and the U.S. Navy owns 415 vehicles. The defense budget as of 2016 is $ 581 billion, equivalent to € 518 billion.
Russia is in second place and, according to the Global Firepower Ranking, has 766,055 active soldiers and 2.48 million reservists. The land-based weapon systems have 15,398 tanks and the Air Force deploys over 3,500 aircraft. The Russian Navy has 352 vehicles available. The military budget is $ 46.6 billion annually, which is € 41.56 billion. China is in third place with 2.3 million active soldiers, 9,150 tanks, 2,942 aircraft, 714 naval vehicles and $ 155 billion in annual defense budget. The available nuclear weapons from Russia, China and the United States would be enough to destroy the earth several times. Secret weapon systems like the US spy shuttle X37-B,
According to a 2014 report , the Russian military would be able to overrun all of Europe within three weeks. Russia’s President Putin would not dare invade Europe in order not to lose his customers for oil and natural gas.
The third world war and the aftermath
We all hope that no new world war will break out, but the security situation indicates a new conflict if Russia, Syria, the United States, NATO and the EU do not sit around the round table. The civil war in Syria is very chaotic and a peaceful solution is difficult to manage.
Should there be an incident between Russia and the USA, for example if a US fighter plane “accidentally” shoots a Russian bomber over Syria, this could be the reason for the outbreak of a Third World War on Earth. The big loser would be Europe, because our continent is almost “between the chairs” in the middle, which would result in considerable destruction with millions of victims. Both superpowers would refrain from using nuclear weapons, but the earth would be devastated after a “short, deadly” Third World War, the economy would be devastated and civil order would be threatened. Humanity is apparently generally belligerent, but nobody would win a new world war, we would all be losers, because the earth is our only home.
Russia, Europe, the USA, China, NATO, India, Pakistan, Syria and all other countries in the world should best sit at a round table. As part of this round of talks, a kind of world government should be forged and a program started with which all conflicts and problems on our planet can be resolved peacefully. Such a round table is currently moving far away, so we should prepare for an eventual Third World War with an escape backpack for safety.