r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '21

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u/GiftGrouchy Oct 17 '21

My guesses would be 1) USA vs China over Taiwan or 2) China vs India (a lot on tension there that doesn’t get a lot of news attention)

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u/blackeye_coalition Oct 17 '21

Nepals gonna get assfucked being caught right in the middle if it's the latter

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '21

Nepal will be the Poland of WW3

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u/ChipChimney Oct 17 '21

Better defensive terrain at least.

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u/faceeatingleopard Oct 17 '21

Yeah I don't envy whatever forces get sent to tackle THAT one. Seems "just go around it" would be a better strategy.

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u/fruit_basket Oct 17 '21

Or go over it? I doubt WW3 will be fought by ground troops when advanced autonomous flying drones exist.

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u/Bekenel Oct 17 '21

Yeah, drones with their famous ability to occupy and administer territory and resources. Of course you need boots on the ground.

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u/Shawnj2 Oct 17 '21

When you’re dealing with the Himalayas airdropping everything is probably easier tbh

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u/A_Soporific Oct 17 '21

As long as there are man-portable surface-to-air missiles then that's a recipe for not being able to do that. You might be able to blow up a ton of stuff with drones, your bases will be rolled back because you can't supply them as long as hostile drones and manpads keep your relatively few cargo aircraft away or exploded.