U.S. chiefs issue terrifying nuclear conflict warning

U.S. Strategic Command issued a posture statement preview on Twitter, saying that the 'spectrum of conflict today' could rapidly lead to nuclear war.

"The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option," the statement reads.

Social network users asked Pentagon not to start World War III and noted that this is not what people want.

"Is this factually the message you want to convey right now? Was your Twitter account hacked? We definitely need more information, because this is a truly frightening, chilling 'preview'," replied @MeloniaSherban.