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Originally posted by Kimmykim
LOL, I'm always busting out on those applecart wheels I think ;)
Would this be an extensive ground war like previous 'world wars' ? Or would this be reliant upon the latest technology in order to gain extensive victories over the 'enemy'? Would it have to last more than a certain length of time?
The length of time factor is one that in a world war situation I just don't see holding out. There are too many surgically precise, long distance ways of taking out the enemy well in advance of sending in ground troops that its just not viable in my mind.
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I see what you are saying. I don't know. I guess that's an answer to the question "What would happen"? I'd say it would depend on the nations involved, the objectives, the results, and many more factors.
Say that in the latter half of the 21st century, China/US enter in a war. If all the european and asian powers joined in and the war was brief (less than a year), would that be a world war? I don't know if it would be called such but I think that in spirit it would be - at least for this conversation ;-)
It's interesting the way we tend to think of the previous world wars. We often think World War II began with Germany's annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia and the invasion of Poland but Japan and China were already at war by then.
Some nations never fought in the same theater as each other in the great wars. Others even switched sides mid-war.
Not sure on the definitions. I think there'll be another world war but not until at least after 2050.