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WarGames had some pretty farfetched strategies in its final scenes. I'm attempting to enumerate them here. I'm rather surprised that none of these ended with a winner. I'd like to think that we could handle any domestic issues in Greenland without a full-blown thermonuclear exchange, but I suppose it ''was'' the 80s. | WarGames had some pretty farfetched strategies in its final scenes. I'm attempting to enumerate them here. I'm rather surprised that none of these ended with a winner. I'd like to think that we could handle any domestic issues in Greenland without a full-blown thermonuclear exchange, but I suppose it ''was'' the 80s. | ||
[[ | [[File:Greenland_maximum.png|thumb|right|We can be thankful that we came no closer to a Greenland Maximum]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:34, 19 September 2012
WarGames had some pretty farfetched strategies in its final scenes. I'm attempting to enumerate them here. I'm rather surprised that none of these ended with a winner. I'd like to think that we could handle any domestic issues in Greenland without a full-blown thermonuclear exchange, but I suppose it was the 80s.
http://nick-black.com/images/wargames_strategies/
- US First Strike
- USSR First Strike
- NATO / Warsaw Pact
- Far East Strategy
- US/USSR escalation
- India-Pakistan War
- Mediterranean War
- HongKong Variant
- SEATO Decapitation
- Cuban Provocation
- Inadvertant Release
- Atlantic Heavy
- Cuban Paramilitary
- Nicaraguan Preemptive
- Pacific Territorial
- Burmese Theaterwide
- Turkish Decoy
- NATO unreadable
- Argentina Escalation
- Iceland Maximum
- Arabian Theaterwide
- US Subversion
- Australian Maneuver
- Sudan Diversion(!)
- NATO Limited
- Sudan Surprise(!)
- NATO Territorial
- Zaire Alliance(!)
- Iceland Incident
- English Escalation
- Egypt Paramilitary
- Zaire Alert
- Middle East Heavy
- Mexican Takeover
- Chad Alert
- Saudi Maneuver
- African Territorial
- Ethiopian Escalation(*)
- Czech Option
- French Alliance
- Arabian Clandestine
- Gabon Rebellion
- Northern Mayhem
- Syrian Surprise
- Tunisian Incident
- SEATO Takeover
- Hawaiian Escalation(!)
- Iranian Maneuver
- NATO Containment
- Swiss Incident
- Cuban Minimal
- Chad Thrust
- Brazilian Strike
- Venezuelan Sudden
- Malaysian Alert
- Israel Discretionary
- Libyan Action
- Iceland Escalation
- Vietnamese Retaliation
- Syrian Provocation
- Libyan Local
- Gabon Takeover
- Romanian War
- Middle East Offensive
- Denmark Massive
- Chile Confrontation
- S. African Subversion
- USSR Alert
- Nicaraguan Thrust
- Greenland Domestic(!!!)
- Iceland Heavy
- Kenya Option
- Pacific Defense
- Uganda Maximum
- Thai Subversion
- Romanian Strike
- Pakistan Sovereignty
- Afghan Misdirection
- Thai Variation
- Northern Territorial
- Polish Paramilitary
- S. African Offensive
- Panama Misdirection
- Scandanavian Domestic
- Jordan Preemptive
- Turkish Heavy
- NATO Incursion
- US Defense
- Cambodian Heavy
- Pact Medium
- Arctic Minimal
- Mexican Domestic
- English Thrust
- Burmese Maneuver
- Spain Counter
- Arabian Offensive
- Chad Insurrection
- Gabon Surprise
- Iraq Sovereignty
- Vietnamese Sudden
- Lebadon Interdiction
- Taiwan Domestic
- Algerian Sovereignty
- Atlantic Sudden
- Mongolian Thrust
- Polish Decoy
- Alaskan Discretionary
- Canadian Thrust(!!!!)
- Cypress Maneuver
- Egypt Misdirection
- Bangladesh Thrust
- Kenya Defense
- Burmese Containment
- Asian Theaterwide
- Bulgarian Clandestine
- Greenland Maximum
Corrections
- (*) Thanks to Sean Caulfield for this correction!
