New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Elon Musk on Tuesday gave a blunt but shocking warning on wars, without providing an explanation, sending the internet on frenzy as netizens scrambled to understand what conflict he was talking about.

In a post on X, the Tesla CEO predicted that there will be a war soon, maybe in a matter of few years.

"War is inevitable. 5 years, 10 at most," he wrote, without providing any further explanation.

Elon Musk was replying to a post that discussed the effect of nuclear deterrence on global governance.

"Possibly my bleakest take (that I hope is wrong) is that governments all suck now because nuclear weapons prevent war, or even the credible threat of war, between major powers. So there's no external/evolutionary/market ...