Here an article about US expectations about the future
development, wich is actually descibing petty much the
ficticious history in Fallout, that let to the atomic war between China and the US
Reasons: expected wars for Oil and other Ressources
between China (and other rising countries) and the US
I don't see it happen anytime soon. Why didn't the US just nuke Iraq or Afghanistan? For quite obvious reasons. Let alone the fact that they wouldn't get away with it.
If there ever is going to be another all-out world war, there's no point in bombing the enemy back to the stone-age. It's stupid as it would ruin all the resources and what not the other country may have to offer.
Cheers
