PRESIDENT Trump’s missile attack on the Syrian regime brought the daunting prospect of World War Three even closer.
The whirlwind assault was in response to evidence showing brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad dropped chemical weapons on a rebel-held town.
Trump ordered two US Navy warships to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles which rained down on an air base near Homs.
Evidence suggests that it was from here that regime planes carrying the murderous gas bombs took off, according to the President.
The UK called the deadly riposte — which completely destroyed the base and killed personnel — an “appropriate” response to Assad’s barbaric slaughter of around 100 people, including children.
But in a sign of how fraught with risk the move was, the Pentagon revealed that it had given prior warning to pro-Assad Russian counterparts before the missile strike.
There were fears that such an action, consistently avoided under the Obama administration despite his talk of a “red line” being crossed, may pave the way to conflict between old foes America and Russia.
Whether it was simply a symbolic response to deter the use of chemical weapons, or the beginning of a more protracted effort to remove Assad at the risk of riling Moscow, remains to be seen.
But if a third global conflict does break out, how will it start, what will it look like, and who’s going to win?
If World War Three does kick off how will it start?
There was a time when it seemed like the prospect of war with the likes of Russia and China had disappeared with the end of the Cold War.
But tense relationships between the world’s major military players means that the outbreak of another global conflict is a distinct possibility.
Russia and the US’s involvement in the war in Syria has created a situation where the two nations’ planes are reportedly flying dangerously close to each other on bombing runs.
Strongman Russian leader Vladimir Putin has also deployed warships to the Baltic Sea carrying nuclear-capable missiles.
Russian media claimed the ships were strategically placed to have European cities in their sights.
Putin’s warships also sailed down the English Channel whilst being “man marked every step of the way” by the Royal Navy.
In recent years Russia has engaged in conflicts in Georgia, Syria, and the Ukraine.
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