[Dog]

I disagree....if the Syrians had lobbed a nuke into Israel...and Israel struck back... that to me is WWIII....when the nukes launch....its game over.

[Badeye]

‘I disagree....if the Syrians had lobbed a nuke into Israel...and Israel struck back... that to me is WWIII....when the nukes launch....its game over.’

There are how many countries in the ‘world’?

You describe a battlefield exchange between two of them here. Even if its nukes, its not a ‘World War’ by definition.

Reason to be worried as hell? No denying it.

But World War? Nope, not even close.

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

I disagree....if the Syrians had lobbed a nuke into Israel...and Israel struck back... that to me is WWIII....when the nukes launch....its game over.

I agree Dog.

There's a missing piece here that we need to keep in mind as well. It may not dovetail with this story tactically, but I think it does strategically.

Remember that report from I think it was Janes, about 15 Iranians and an unspecified number of Syrians who were killed when they were loading a missile with a canister of VX nerve gas and it blew up on them due to a defect in the missile's motor or something. Just a few weeks ago.

I think the WWIII opinion is being given too little credence on this thread. I'm wondering if Syria, Iran & Co weren't planning a MAJOR attack with the intent of wiping Israel off the map, including at least one nuke.

[Smokin' Joe]

How warheads made an unplanned flight (B-52 flight Minot to Barksdale AGM-129 Snafu)

Curious that no one has connected this dot.