World War III: How Prepared Are We For Global Collapse

There has been war and rumors of war, and it started with a simple need for agreement, and soon escalated to something worse, involving countries from around the region. People speculate the war may result in world war III if it persists longer, calling the attention of wider countries to join the crisis.

Oftentimes, war results in economic crisis, heightening hunger and scarcity. Most developed countries prepare for this global collapse ahead while developing and underdeveloped countries have little to no resources to combat such collapse. For my country, Nigeria, we are not prepared for war and global collapse, not with the kind of resources we currently have.

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Our foot soldiers may be strong, but we lack the technology and weapons to defend ourselves. While the world powers and developed countries may use nuclear weapons, we may lack defense systems that could combat artillery thrown our way. In my judgment, we are not prepared for world war III. We don't have tools to fight back and we are not oriented with the current system of war, compared to the previous era where it was war on land with unsophisticated artillery.

When it comes to global collapse, most of the products we use are imported. We have no reserves for emergencies and do not make plans for any. So I'm afraid the citizens in this country would suffer more harm from the global collapse than the war itself.

However, I don't think we would experience world war III. The entire world can't go into war, especially developing countries whose crises are mostly internal compared to those of the developed countries.