weapons of mass destruction theme
A weapon of mass destruction is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere. The use of such weapons in war is featured.
Notes
We consider that the mere existence of a WMD implies its potential use in war as these devices really have no other credible purpose.
Examples
Biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons are commonly found beneath the moniker "weapons of mass destruction".
15 total · 9 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) | major | Matt and George uncovered a secret CIA enabled program to develop an implosion weapon that was said to be 100 times more dangerous than nuclear warheads. |
| movie: Cosmic Sin (2021) | major | Much was made of the "Q-bomb" super-weapon. In the end, such a device was used to destroy the Sigea's attack armada and home star system. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Destoroyah (1995) | major | Humanity's only hope to stop Godzilla from catastrophically melting down was to use the notorious "Oxygen Destroyer" weapon of mass destruction. |
| movie: Men in Black: International (2019) | major | Vungus’ crystal turned out to be an ultimate weapon powered by a compressed blue giant. |
| movie: Outside the Wire (2021) | major | A revelation of the film is that Captain Leo was all along planning to launch a nuclear strike on the United States mainland. It was revealed that the terrorist Victor Koval had detonated a dirty bomb in Kiev. |
| movie: Post Impact (2004) | major | Much was made of an attempt to use the microwave shooting satellite weapon SolStar-2 to destroy the city of Tangier, Morocco. |
| movie: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | major | Shinzon plotted to kill everyone on the earth by using a special weapon of mas destruction that turned people into stone. |
| movie: The Noah's Ark Principle (1984) | major | The main premise of the story is that an orbital weather control system, built ostensibly for peaceful purposes, could be used as a very destructive weapon in wartime. |
| shortstory: The Man Who Saved the Earth (1926) | major | Martians used a mysterious death ray like beam, which emanated from a mountaintop apparatus, to devastate the Earth. They made a mountain vanish in the wink of an eye and cut a channel clear through North America. |
| movie: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) | minor | The "Oxygen Destroyer" weapon was designed to kill all life within a two-mile radius of where it was detonated. |