Not only that, but there is a major plot whole there. In T2 it is revealed that SkyNet will launce nukes on Russia and allow the Russian couter attack to take out the US targets. Never would it have launced nukes straight up in the air and let them fall back down on just random areas. Were talking about a strategy program here; not some gobbled up mess of things.
It is also unlikely that the entire world just has a bunch of single nukes in random places on the map like that. Nukes are in groups and placed in positions for strategic attack.
Thats actually very true, I never picked it up. T2 had a far more logical explanation for the mass destruction compared with the random kamikaze's we saw at the end of T3.
The T2 'global nuclear war' strategy was altered by the interference of Sarah, John, and T-800 vs T-1000.. that's why Skynet didn't attack Russia in T3, it changed strategy, attacking key/ 'random' targets in the US and elsewhere.
Ever time the humans interfere and win, it alters the possible future timeline slightly, so the next movie has to come along and explain the minor alterations, up to and until they reach the 'final' dates mentioned throughout the history of things to come, either 2029 or 2032...
who knows what happens after 2032, when the humans supposedly finally conquer Skynet and take the world back from the machines..
well, I know, since I wrote it, but, who else knows??
we'll see...
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The other day i visted a factory packed with hardout artificial intelligence, I couldn't help but think that "hey, one day this will evolve into something like the terminator! "