The pot of troubles is simmering in several different regions of the world. I’ll write more about this in the future, but for now there are these:
- Iran’s desire to have a nuclear weapon
- Russia’s mobilization of troops and equipment on the Ukraine border
- China’s desire to have Taiwan be under their control
- The building of artificial islands in the South China Sea by China
It has been said that a World War III is likely not possible due to the trade relationships that exist today. However, regional conflicts are expected in the future. Each of the above has a “regional component” to it and history is replete with incidents where one party overestimates their ability to get away with some action without suffering any consequences. This is what let to WWII in Europe.
And then there is this: “Top military leader says China’s hypersonic missile test ‘went around the world.’” That could give them a “first strike” advantage. I asked a relative of mine over the Thanksgiving holiday about the issue of hypersonic missiles. He, after all, is a rocket scientist. His answer was, “he who gets there first wins!”
Which leads me to a “back-to-the-future” thought that civil defense could come back to our list of emergency management functions in a big way.
More later on our history of civil defense in emergency management. Continuity of government (COG) becomes much bigger!
