Forum:Fallout Universe

What was the extent of the War on other Countries?

I have been looking everywhere and reading Wiki possessively learning about the Fallout Universe, one thing that is still unclear to me is the extent of the Nuclear war, I find no information on how other countries where effected, all we know is that the USA is a huge wasteland, what about China, Europe or Africa?. Did everywhere get Bombed? I know these places ran out of recourses’ but it doesn’t mean they are all living in a wasteland and Mutated does it? Also I remember reading that a chemical research facility was hit by the attack in the US that let out the FEV or some kind of Virus thus speeding up the mutation there. But yet again this is just the USA and not the rest of the world.

Maybe I just overlooked something, but I can’t seem to find any information on this. Does anyone know any facts about what happened and if you could lead me to a place where I can read more? If you can’t find the place where you found the information it’s not important I would just like to know what you know about this.

Thanks in Advance. --DarkestStrife 04:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

All you overlooked was a little thing called M.A.D.. ''The doctrine assumes that each side has enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side and that either side, if attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate escalation resulting in both combatants' total and assured destruction. It is now generally assumed that the nuclear fallout or nuclear winter resulting from a large scale nuclear war would bring about worldwide devastation, though this was not a critical assumption to the theory of MAD.'' Cheers! AshRandom (Talk) 04:32, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

But M.A.D is basicly Striking back at the Attacker no?. It still doesnt explain what happend to the other Countries, Unless they all attacked the US, Surely not the entire world could have suffered like you said?. Maybe i underestimate the power of Nukes. --DarkestStrife 04:37, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Alternatively, other countries could be classified by the U.S. and China as "N.W.B.", or Nuclear Whipping Boy. In the event of a nuclear exchange, preliminary strikes will be conducted on countries classified as such to calibrate precision attacks with subsequent bombardments. Now, in the matter of national security, I will terminate the camera-man.

Simpsons quoting aside, a large nuclear exchange would have far-reaching consequences regardless of where the bombs fell. If nuclear weapons in the Fallout universe are equivalent to the nuclear weapons of our time-line, a nuke detonated in Washington, D.C., for example, would not only cause massive damage at the location of the blast, but radioactive fallout would be carried far away from the explosion, maybe even to Seattle, Washington depending on the weather. Now, times that by the hundreds of nukes being detonated all across the U.S., and you've got the potential to really mess up someone's day in Canada or south of the border.

A large side-effect of a nuclear war would be the dreaded Nuclear Winter. Studies have shown that, in the wake of a violent explosion, soot, ash and trillions of dust particles would be thrown into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun and disrupting weather patterns. With the temperature dropping at an estimated 10 degrees Celsius for a few months, that would reduce even the most fertile farming community into a barren wasteland.

To sum it up, a nuke doesn't necessarily need to be detonated in your back yard to affect you. The information I used can be found at this website, http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html, which was fairly interesting, if a little unnerving. -Mi7ch