SweeperDee Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 After somebody on here (can't remember the poster) recommended Dan Carlin's horrible history podcasts, I decided to give it a go. Working my way through his World War 1 series, and obviously hearing the horrendous accounts and stories of individual battles, it's got me pondering: Although trench warfare is now a thing of the past, and "battles" are now most likely fought from 100s of miles away from each other through the use of drones, air strikes, and other applications of modern war technology; could the planet sustain a conflict whereby every global superpower were pitted against each other in some fashion? Would it all end up in a cataclysm of fire and brimstone? Would nukes even be used? Who would win in a hypothetical world war? Would the planet recover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BFTD Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 9 hours ago, SweeperDee said: Would nukes even be used? Even though they probably certainly know that we probably wouldn't, they don't certainly know that, although we probably wouldn't, there is no probability that we certainly would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 They used to say the only things that would survive a nuclear armageddon were cockroaches... ..and the Rolling Stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Is there a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Round the world and home againThat’s the sailor’s wayFaster faster, faster fasterThere’s no earthly way of knowingWhich direction we are goingThere’s no knowing where we’re rowingOr which way the river’s flowingIs it raining, is it snowingIs a hurricane a-blowingNot a speck of light is showingSo the danger must be growingAre the fires of Hell a-glowingIs the grisly reaper mowingYes, the danger must be growingFor the rowers keep on rowingAnd they’re certainly not showingAny signs that they are slowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=eve+of+destruction+youtube&qpvt=eve+of+destruction+youtube&view=detail&mid=0D758AB7202DB594F34F0D758AB7202DB594F34F&FORM=VRDGAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProgressiveLiberal Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Go back and find Dan Carlins episode on Munster, Germany when radical Christians took over the city. It's an amazing listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Any excuse to post some Tom Lehrer. Guy is (amazingly not was, yet) a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 23 hours ago, SweeperDee said: Although trench warfare is now a thing of the past, and "battles" are now most likely fought from 100s of miles away from each other through the use of drones, air strikes, and other applications of modern war technology; Pish. There has never been a time in history with more active urban battlegrounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 After somebody on here (can't remember the poster) recommended Dan Carlin's horrible history podcasts, I decided to give it a go. Working my way through his World War 1 series, and obviously hearing the horrendous accounts and stories of individual battles, it's got me pondering: Although trench warfare is now a thing of the past, and "battles" are now most likely fought from 100s of miles away from each other through the use of drones, air strikes, and other applications of modern war technology; could the planet sustain a conflict whereby every global superpower were pitted against each other in some fashion? Would it all end up in a cataclysm of fire and brimstone? Would nukes even be used? Who would win in a hypothetical world war? Would the planet recover? You should contact Dan on Twitter and ask him to do an episode about the battle of the Dundee station where you sat in the trenches and let your old man go over the top on his own.Shitebag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The world will be around long after the human race has nuked itself to extinction. It would eventually recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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