Experts Warn: World War III Could Easily Be ‘Seconds Away’?


However, anti-Assad groups trained by CIA reported that Russian airstrikes have targeted rebels that are fighting to oust President Bashar Al-Assad from power. This could very well escalate through a very minor incident.

Citing an unnamed military expert, the Daily Record claims there could be less than 30 seconds from that incident to the start of World War III. The profusion of fighter jets, drones, attack helicopters, missiles and artillery from different countries with a military presence in Syria are increasing the prospects of a crash in the congested Syrian airspace. That is a trigger.

Recently, an U.S. F-16 fighter came within 20 miles of the Russian Sukhoi-34 warplanes in Syria, says Lt Gen Charles Brown, commander of the U.S. air campaign in Syria. Given their speeds of travel, it would have taken the two warplanes less than 30 seconds to collide.

Source: Value Walk

At any moment any military plane of any country could be shot down on purpose or in a “catastrophic misunderstanding of intent.” And that is a trigger. Many of the American fighter planes had to move away from their intended targets to avoid Russian jets. China has further complicated the situation by stationing its aircraft carrier Liaoning off the coast of Syria, from where it may carry out helicopter airstrikes. Speculation is rampant that Russia and China would easily crush the United States if there is a World War III.

Russia’s objectives in Syria are very different from that of the U.S.-led coalition. Western countries are working to oust Bashar Al-Assad and establish a democracy in Syria. Russia is determined to maintain a pro-Russian regime in Syria. ISIS and others want a caliphate.

It is a soup that could soon boil over and flame up into world conflict.

 

 



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