Forum:Viva Las Vegas: Why didn't they nuke it?

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In the movie, "Wargames", a high school teenager's first target for nuclear bombardment was Las Vegas. In all reality... Not a bad target... Why didn't the Chinese, with all of their amazing espionage crap, do (Or try... Maybe they did...) the same? Metalfrenchtoast 04:49, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Vegas probably didn't grow arond everything in it's proximity as it did in our timeline. Most likely some divergence in thier timeline that kept the FO Vegas as the strip that it was back in the '80s - '90s of our time. Or just piss poor planning on the part of the Chineese. I'm guessing on the later.

Cpt. E. Blackadder 05:58, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe we rebuilt it -gasp!-. Took that long to think of that? - Nuke Eater ^Blab 06:02, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

I doubt it. Ishotamaninnewreno 10:29, March 4, 2010 (UTC)

I always wondered how could the whole planet be destroyed in 2 hours.Not that many countries have nuclear warfare,and what kind of a stupid military leader would shoot randomly places on Earth instead of targeting the enemy.Since USA and China were involved in war they were more likely to nuke just each other than places like Syberia,Sahara,poor countries like Nigeria and other irrevelant and military unimportant places.New Vegas is not really important as Washington DC and Beijing(capitals) and Anchorage and Shanghai(resource supply) in Fallout universe.Alas mybe will find out the city is intact and thriving,they are bound to have historical information in a library or museum.Las Vegas is not only Casinos.

Well, there are at least nine countries with nuclear capabilities in our timeline, with plenty of time to go before kick-off. Considering the FO universe and its love of nuclear.. well, everything, its not surprising that the whole world went up in flames. Ishotamaninnewreno 23:25, March 7, 2010 (UTC)

I'm just sayin'... Las Vegas is like, the capitalist center of the western world. Seems like something China would want turned into radioactive slag. Metalfrenchtoast 04:49, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe China had some casinos down in Vegas that were run by Chinese mobsters. Maybe they didn't want to nuke them and hope they would create a Chinese Outpost after the war. Zachattak471 17:36, March 8, 2010

Something like The Four Dragons casino.(GTA reference)

Guys, the house bet on surviving. And the house never loses. Otherwise, they'll take you out behind the casino and break your hands. Nitty ^Tok. 02:42, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Imagine the game comes out but we dont find out why did the city survive at all,it could remain an eternal riddle just like what happened to China and beyond.

Vegas is in the arsehole of nowhere. Maybe in the Fallout universe it never evolved into the tourist spot it is today and so was never presented as a target for bombardment. Just a suggestion... Sheepbiter 09:16, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

Heh. Las Vegas is not a military target. It never will be. _Tagaziel ^(call!) 13:19, March 10, 2010 (UTC)

I'd certainly try to take out large economic areas if I were fighting a thermonuclear war. Of course I'm not an Army General either. Metalfrenchtoast 15:53, March 11, 2010 (UTC)