Google searches for 'World War 3' hits highest level ever recorded

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Google searches for 'World War 3' hits highest level ever recorded

Google trends show people are preoccupied with thoughts of conflict
Searches for 'World War 3' have hit record-breaking levels, data reveals
'Trump war' and 'Syria war' both hit records, while 'nuclear war' is spiking
Comes after cruise missile strikes in Syria and amid tensions with North Korea

Published: 12:08 EDT, 12 April 2017 | Updated: 14:20 EDT, 12 April 2017

As warships move off the coast of North Korea and cruise missile stay pointed at Syria, you might be forgiven for the odd macabre thought over the past week.

And it seems you are not alone, as Google data reveals people have been obsessed with the idea of worldwide conflict in recent days.

Searches for 'World War 3' hit their highest level since records started in 2004 this month, according to data brought to light by Infowars.

Searches for 'World War 3' have hit their highest point since Google records began in 2004 after Trump bombed the Assad regime and moved an 'armada' toward North Korea

Unsurprisingly, searches for 'Trump war' have also hit a record high this month amid the Presidents aggressive military moves

'Syria war' searches are also at an all-time high, while searches for 'nuclear war' are at the highest point this year

Searches for 'war' and 'nuclear war' are also at their highest level since the start of the year.

Google users have also been looking for information on 'Trump war' and 'Syria war' in record-breaking numbers.

The spikes came following Trump's shock decision to launch cruise missiles against a Syrian regime airbase last week where Russian troops were stationed.

Russia and Iran have since responded by saying the strike crossed a 'red line' adding that if there are any further attacks 'we will respond with force'.

Concerns that the world was heading for all-out war began mounting after Trump launched cruise missile strikes at an Assad airbase in Syria, prompting fears Russia would respond

Since then Trump has moved warships off the coast of North Korea and warned the nation is 'looking for trouble', as Kim Jong-un described the move as 'reckless'

US Navy moves the USS Carl Vinson strike group towards Korea

While the dust settled over Syria, Trump redirected Carrier Strike Group One, led by the USS Carl Vinson, to the Korean peninsula from a scheduled stop in Australia.

That sparked several days of escalating tensions and a war of words between the President and despotic ruler Kim Jong-un, who denounced the move as 'reckless.'

In response Trump tweeted that the communist nation was 'looking for trouble', again asking China to step in otherwise he would set about solving the issue himself.

Xi Jinping, the Chinese premier, then moved 150,000 troops to the North Korean border in anticipation of a flood of refugees should Trump choose to strike.

The last time people were this interested in the subject of war seems to be July 2006, when North Korea carried out a set of long-range missile tests.

That was the same month 206 people lost their lives in the hotel attack in Mumbai, India, carried out by a group of terrorists, and when the second Hezbollah-Israel war took place.