Not sure how important Canada's alliances would be, given most of those allies would cease to exist (in the normal sense) during the war. Likewise, strategic resources are a concern, yes, but not an immediate one after the war, possibly it'd be enough merely to cripple the government and infrastructure, rather than cause widespread physical destruction.Zykon TheLich said:As a major US ally and member of NATO, right next to the US with alot of important strategic resources I'd guess it's more likely to get thoroughly plastered. Denial of strategic reources to the enemy was pretty high on the prorities of both the US and the soviets. Basically, if the other side might be able to use it in some way, expect it to get a very unwelcome present.
Also, the USSR/Russians have a limited amount of weapons, especially given the US's ABM systems. They know a certain amount of missiles won't get through, but not which ones, so many targets they need to be sure of would be targeted by many missiles so that at least one can be guaranteed to get through, meaning many weapons would be wasted.