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Originally Posted by RN7
Since the demise of the Soviet Union I can't see any scenario that would lead to a global nuclear war on the scale of Twilight 2000.
From a purely military point of view America is just too powerful at the moment for any rival to take on outside of their own territory.
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Which is exactly why I suggested this:
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Originally Posted by Targan
Biological warfare. One option (the less likely IMO) would be a genetically-engineered pathogen developed by the Chinese that targets people with certain non-Asian haplomarkers, or perhaps specific caucasoid haplomarkers. Another option would be a pathogen spread by some organism only (or mostly) found in North America (the red squirrel for instance).
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I admit that would give a campaign a slightly different flavour to standard T2K. You have to admit though, it would be an effective way to bring the US down several notches before the nukes fly. It could also be the "last straw" needed for the US to launch the ICBMs.