Will WWW III erupt in 2006 or 2008 coinciding with Irans 1st Nuclear bomb?
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OK, what I say here is what I think, I will try to give facts to prove it but anyways it can be completely wrong.\nI think US will not tolerate a Nuclear Iran not because Iran will use nukes against anyone(They are not that insane) but because a nuclear Iran will collapse all power equations of Middle East.\nArab world will be at full time terror (You must know that Iranians are not Arab and  don't have good relationships at all with Arabs of Persian Gulf) and you must know that these Arabs are allies of US.\nIran can be strong enough to force US out of Persian Gulf and this in not what US can tolerate. it also shake the Israel really hard.\nIran claim that they are doing a peaceful nuclear thing is 100% correct but if Iran would be able to do all the enrichment process it can use it to make a nuke and US has given blueprints for a nuke to Iran itself for God knows reason, US have claimed that they have given the wrong blueprints to Iran but they are aware that Iranian have good researchers(Most of them have degrees from US)\nAnyways I don't think a WWIII like previous WWs take place because Nuke countries are affraid of each other more than they can simply invade each other, next WW will be an economic one and it has started already, its between China and US and China is doing better till now.\nLast of all I want to remind you that Iran and Israel have  relationships, maybe they are not allies but they have same enemies and benefits and lot more, till now they only have yelled at each other, no more than that, Iran nuclear program has been in process for 40 years, if Israel wanted to attack them they could do it at the same time they do it in Iraq, after Iran-Iraq war when Iran was at it worst military point not now that they have bought lots of Russian equipments which I will tell no more.
482570
probably by 2012, one of the so-called 'red lines' in the sand.....probable date for an Iranian operational nuke...
899252
Wikipedia has a lengthy article (see link) and states:\n\n(1) A radar observation on August 7, 2005, refines the orbit further and eliminates the possibility of an impact in 2035. Only the pass in 2036 remains at Torino Scale 1.\n\n(2) As of October 19, 2006 the impact probability for April 13, 2036 is estimated at 1 in 45,000. An additional impact date in 2037 has been identified, however the impact probability for that encounter is 1 in 12.3 million.\n\n(3) Additional observations through 2006 resulted in Apophis being lowered to Torino Scale 0 on August 6, 2006. \n\n(4) Possible impact effects\n\nIt must be stressed that the odds of impact are now known to be very low. Hence, the possible effects of an impact are largely irrelevant.\n\nHowever, the initial reports resulted in widespread discussion on many Internet forums, including armchair speculation about exactly where Apophis (then known only as 2004 MN4) would hit and what would happen when it did.\n\nNASA initially estimated the energy that Apophis would have released if it impacted Earth as the equivalent of 1480 megatons of TNT. A more refined later NASA estimate was 880 megatons. The impacts which created the Barringer Crater or caused the Tunguska event are estimated to be in the 10-20 megaton range. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was the equivalent of roughly 200 megatons.\n\nThe exact effects of any impact would have varied based on the asteroid's composition, and the location and angle of impact. Any impact would have been extremely detrimental to an area of thousands of square kilometres, but would have been unlikely to have long-lasting global effects, such as the initiation of an impact winter.\n\nCOMMENT:\n\nIf a 2035 impact is now ruled out amd a 2036 impact probability is smaller than 1 in 40,000. I for one am not going to lose any sleep over this.\n\nArmchair speculation in internet forums tends to be sensationalist and gloomy, and largely uninformed. It seems to take a perverse delight in teasing out worst-case scenarios and exhibits little interest in risk assessments when they produce an all-clear.\n\nPerhaps it is designed to undermine confidence in science and scientists (a strategy also pursued by Creationists) and suggest they are either complacent or unable to foresee unpredictable turns of event. The latter is hardly a serious charge, as nobody can foresee the unforeseeable.\n\nAll that we can expect from scientists is vigilance in anticipating danger, precision in quantifying it and decisiveness and technical knowhow in dealing with it (deflecting asteroids as needs be).\n\nI have few worries that Spaceguard is lacking in vigilance, \n\nThere is every evidence to suggest that conscientious international efforts are made, the instant there is an alert, to get precise orbits calculated and revise collision probabilities in the light of them. \n\nThere is no reason to suppose decisiveness and the political will to act will evaporate when a crisis looms that requires intervention,\n\nSuch doubts as there are have to focus on whether the expertise to deflect asteroids accurately yet exists. No rehearsals or dry runs have taken place, as yet, to my knowledge.\n\nBut it is not likely to be needed for a while yet, The biggest threat may not be Apophis but the asteroid 1950 DA which is predicted to be on a collision course for 2880 with an impact probability of less than 0.003.\n\n1950 DA is the near Earth object with the highest known possible probability of impacting Earth, according to the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale. \n\nThe difference is that 1950 DA is 1.1 - 1.4  kilometres in diameter where Apophis is a mere 330 metres in diameter, The bigger body could therefore do considerably more damage.\n\nSo I think too much idle speculation about Apophis blots out the more serious threat of 1950 DA. It may be further away in time, but it is a potential extinction event.
43784
I doubt it.It wouldn't matter if the Iranian leader was the next Hitler.People in the US would still protest it,until it was too late and Iran developed a bomb that somehow wiped the US out.
873703
personally i think before next spring israel will attack iran as soon as iran starts the 3000 certrifuges (or just before)  just out of paranoia of a nuclear weapon... if they have talked to the US or not will be irrelevent.  \nonce this has happened  you will know that ww3 is at the door and wants to come in.  before this point there is always a way to turn back.\ncertainly the govts are expecting it as there are war games (military posturing) in the gulf by the US.  and Iran have responded by doing the same.  The EU have pooled resources to speed up r&d in weapons and want results in 3 years (there's an actual time line for you) the UK did not sign up for this as they say they are already doing it, so you can cut the EU timeline by half.  which means that war will be in europe in about 18mths to 2 yrs.  \nfor those who say it has started need to review history.... currently we are seeing the signs, it doesn't start until war is actually declared by more than 2 nations.
528403
Before or after Iran uses a nuclear weapon on somebody?
49969
well i really like iran, as wz there for 6 years, iran is a beatiful country and its people are really nice and helping. if you are seeking answer from political point of view then i must say that probably it is the country that might cause 3rd world war...as it is not iraq, which wz unstable country....iran is  strong country will cause 3rd world war... and frankly speaking if iran has nuclear power so do america and all other european countries have....so why not they first close their nuclear plan and then come to iran....ps:iran donot have mother bomb!
536620
Yes if they keep on going the way they are. Iran will get the Bomb, With USA painted on the side of it.
420999
Well, North Korea or Iran are the ones that have announced that they have nukes. Unless something flares up between Pakistan and India, I think North Korea or Iran will fire first. Of course, to quote something I read in the newspaper, whoever launches will be turned into a "skating rink" (nuclear blasts turn dirt/sand into glass).
483169
I think Bush has already decided to bomb Iran to prevent them from making a nuclear bomb.  Bombing Iran would cause World War III because China and Russia will go against the U.S. and we could all get nuked...)(
54867
To use as a staging area for the rest of ww3. Iran is probably next
806593
Historically, foreign terrorist attacks on US targets occur every 7-9 years, going back to the early 1970s.\n\nSo, according to that schedule, the next major terrorist attack on US soil would occur around 2008-2010.
339104
The "red lines" for military action is when Iran has developed:\n\n1. weapons grade enriched uranium (90-95%), ~2008\n2. next technical hurdle is constructing the trigger mechanism. 2010-11\n3. engineering device for delivery, ie, making it small enough to fit on a warhead. 2012 at the earliest.\n\nEach step is no small feat, by 2012, there may be a regime change and all the current tension will have subsided.   \n \nThe point i've been trying to make is that we've lived under the shadow of nuclear holocaust for 50 years, the real tension is the hair triggers of the US and Russian arsenals, forget about the Iranian potential.
473077
Sure, if they want to start WW III. On NPR a week ago some military guy was saying that in every scenario of an attack on Iran it ended up with a huge uncontrollable war involving the entire middle east. ITMFA!
528774
What are my ideas? Quite simple. He is going to be the reason another World War will happen. Already there is war in Iraq. If the Iranian President decides to attack Isreal, Isreal will strike back, causing probably Russia and Chian to attack Isreal, which then the US and Britain will get dragged in to fight Russia, China, and Iran. See since there are so many alliances in the Middle East, just like in World War 2, lighting the wrong fuse will cause a big bang that will escalate to World War 3.
319054
I sure hope not because a nuclear war isn't exactly my idea of a great time.  Iran has nukes of its own and will not hesitate to use them back.  If we get into a nuclear war, I suggest all you people who live in major cities move out to the country and become farmers or something because you know the major cities will be the first to be hit!  I'm in rural Oklahoma so I'm probably ok, unless Iran suddenly decides that it hates cows and farms.
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The next major one will probably be Iran.  There will be plenty of little ones before then though.