WarGames Nuclear Strategies List
In light of recent developments on the world scene, I thought it necessary to revisit an old friend, WarGames, the movie. If you remember towards the end, the computer goes haywire and begins running through all of its planned responses in an attempt to "win" a nuclear war. Here is the complete list of the strategies it goes through, in order. Seeing as the movie was made 20 years ago, I find it disturbing that we face some of the same problems in the same areas today. On a lighter note, I think some of these would make great card game or drink names, if they aren't already.
USSR FIRST STRIKE
US FIRST STRIKE
NATO/WARSAW PACT
FAR EAST STRATEGY
US/USSR ESCALATION
MIDDLE EAST WAR
USSR CHINA ATTACK
INDIA PAKISTAN WAR
MEDITERRANEAN WAR
HONG KONG VARIANT
SEATO DECAPITATING
CUBAN PROVOCATION
ATLANTIC HEAVY
CUBAN PARAMILITARY
NICARAGUAN PREEMPTIVE
PACIFIC TUTORIAL
BURMESE THEATERWIDE
TURKISH DECOY
NATO ALLIANCE *
ARGENTINA ESCALATION
ICELAND MAXIMUM
ARABIAN THEATERWIDE
US SUBVERSION
AUSTRALIAN MANEUVER
CUBAN DIVERSION
NATO LIMITED *
SUDAN SURPRISE
NATO TERRITORIAL
ZAIRE ALLIANCE
ICELAND INCIDENT
ENGLISH ESCALATION
ZAIRE HEAVY *
ENGLISH PARAMILITARY *
MIDDLE EAST HEAVY
MEXICAN TAKEOVER
CHAD ALERT +
SAUDI MANEUVER
AFRICAN TERRITORIAL
ETHIOPIAN ESCALATION
CANADIAN INCIDENT *
TURKISH HEAVY
NATO INCURSION
US DEFENSE
CAMBODIAN HEAVY
PACT MEDIUM
ARCTIC MINIMAL
MEXICAN DOMESTIC
TAIWAN THEATERWIDE
PACIFIC MANEUVER
PORTUGAL REVOLUTION
ALBANIAN DECOY
PALESTINIAN LOCAL
MOROCCAN MINIMAL
ALGERIAN DIVERSITY *
CZECH OPTION
FRENCH ALLIANCE
ARABIAN CLANDESTINE
GABON REBELLION
NORTHERN MAXIMUM *
SIBERIAN SURPRISE
TURKISH PARAMILITARY *
SEATO TAKEOVER
HAWAIIAN MANEUVER
NATO CONTAINMENT
SWISS INCIDENT
CUBAN MINIMAL
CHAD ALERT +
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
NOTHERN TERRITORIAL
POLISH PARAMILITARY
S. AFRICAN OFFENSIVE
PANAMA MISDIRECTION
SCANDANAVIAN DOMESTIC
JORDAN PREEMPTIVE
ENGLISH THRUST
BRUMESE MANEUVER
SPAIN COUNTER
ARABIAN OFFENSIVE
CHAD INTERDICTION
TAIWAN MISDIRECTION
BANGLADESH THEATERWIDE
ETHIOPIAN LOCAL
ITALIAN TAKEOVER
VIETNAMESE INCIDENT
ENGLISH PREEMPTIVE
DENMARK ALTERNATIVE
THAI CONFRONTATION
TAWIAN SURPRISE
BRAZILIAN STRIKE
VENEZULA SUDDEN
MAYALSIAN ALERT
ISREAL DISCRETIONARY
LIBYAN ACTION
PALISTINIAN TACTICAL
NATO ALTERNATIVE
CYPRESS MANEUVER
EGYPT MISDIRECTION
BANGLADESH THRUST
KENYA DEFENSE
BANGLADESH CONTAINMENT
VIETNAMESE STRIKE
ALBANIAN CONTAINMENT
GABON SURPRISE
IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY
VIETNAMESE SUDDEN
LEBANON INTERDICTION
TAIWAN DOMESTIC
ALGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY
ARABIAN STRIKE
ATLANTIC SUDDEN
MONGOLIAN THRUST
POLISH DECOY
ALASKAN DISCRETIONARY
CANADIAN THRUST
ARABIAN LIGHT
S. AFRICAN DOMESTIC
TUNISIAN INCIDENT
MAYLASIAN MANEUVER
JAMACIA DECOY
MAYALSIAN MINIMAL
RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY
CHAD OPTION
BANGLADESH WAR
BURMESE CONTAINMENT
ASIAN THEATERWIDE
BULGARIAN CLANDESTINE
GREENLAND INCURSION
EGYPT SURGICAL
CZECH HEAVY
TAIWAN CONFRONTATION
GREENLAND MAXIMUM
UGANDA MAXIMUM
CASPIAN DEFENSE
* Educated guess, screen partially blocked.
+ Seen on screen twice.
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