History WMG / IndependenceDay

*** It's either St. Basil's Cathedral or the Moscow White House (they're pretty close promixinity). My best guess it would be the former seeing as St. Basil's tends to have huge gatherings on a yearly basis, making it easier to kill as many civilians as possible, they can easily wipe out the Russian government (which is confirmed by the news footage that the aliens did in fact target St. Basil's Cathedral as they feature the iconic domes on it).

*** The city destroyer parked it's main weapon above NATO headquarters during Wave 2, which makes sense as NATO is a way way BIGGER target as the EU, it also holds most of the alliances between the United States and Europe together and makes it a more strategic building to destroy if you're main attempt is to cripple the armed forces.

** Unlike the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower is much closer to downtown Tokyo (and as it's revealed in the advertisement site for ''Resurgence'', they did in fact target Tokyo Tower), and let's face it seeing the aliens park their city destroyer above Mt. Fuji (a dormant stratovolcano and Japan's other main landmark) would look absolutely silly and nowhere near as damaging, unless the beam is strong enough to set off a supervolcano-like eruption that levels Tokyo (almost as humorous as seeing them park a city destroyer right above New York City's Central Park), the Diet Building is also just as close to downtown Tokyo and actually houses the Japanese government which would make it a likely target.

* Nope. Almost all the pieces miss the Earth, and those which do hit do only limited damage. Because THAT'S THE WAY [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya HARUHI SUZUMIYA]] IMAGINED IT WOULD HAPPEN. (This is an AU Suzumiya, who is very into SF but doesn't assume aliens are going to be friendly...)

** While there are already two nuclear states in Europe (Britain and France), Europe is densely populated. They probably avoided nukes to avoid contaiminating areas with refugees. Russia, on the other hand, might have been less stringent with their nukes.

* Brussels: The Royal Palace (thus wiping out the Belgian Royal Family if they didn't get out in time), or whatever the building they use to house the European Union which would be a HIGH target since that's the organization holding all of Europe together.
*** The city destroyer parked it's main weapon above NATO headquarters during Wave 2, which makes sense as NATO is a way way BIGGER target as like the EU, it also holds most of the alliances between the United States and Europe together.

** This would definitely have been its most likely target seeing as it houses both the Pope and all of the Vatican Cardinal members, that's a HUGE target for the aliens. I can't see them targeting anything else (Roman Colosseum while iconic, is mostly made of stone meaning that it wouldn't wipe out Rome if the aliens set their city destroyer on it and like the Eiffel Tower isn't interesting enough to see blow up) other than the birthplace of modern Christianity, especially if the Pope's there, that's a HUGE loss for humanity's religion if the Pope dies.

* Jerusalem: Dome on the Rock.

** Unlike the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower is much closer to downtown Tokyo (and as it's revealed in the Warof1996, they did in fact target Tokyo Tower), and let's face it seeing the aliens park their city destroyer above Mt. Fuji (a dormant stratovolcano and Japan's main landmark) would look absolutely silly and nowhere near as damaging, unless the beam is strong enough to set off a super eruption that levels Tokyo (almost as humorous as seeing them park a city destroyer right above New York City's Central Park), the Diet Building is a bit closer to downtown Tokyo and actually houses the Japanese government which would make it a likely target.

** Unlike the White House, the Namdaemun Gate is actually surrounded by skyscrapers and thus makes more sense for the aliens to target (which of course they would target it), seeing as Seoul's other beloved landmark, the Seoul Tower is well up in the mountains far outside of the downtown area.
* Pyongyang: Either the Juche Tower, the Arch of Triumph or the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun would be likely targets, seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime, especially the last one which is actually the resting place of Kim-Sung Il, that would definitely topple the Kim regime for good (assuming that they even got out of the city) and maybe even force the two Koreas to reunite against a common enemy, especially if said regime no longer exists.
* Kuala Lumpur: The Peronas Twin Towers.

*** Las Vegas was in fact destroyed during the film's events and is revealed to have become a memorial for those who died as revealed in marketing for ''Resurgence''.

** This would definitely have been its most likely target seeing as it houses both the Pope and all of the Vatican Cardinal members, that's a HUGE target for the aliens. I can't see them targeting anything else (Roman Colosseum while iconic, is mostly made of stone meaning that it wouldn't wipe out Rome if the aliens set their city destroyer on it and like the Eiffel Tower isn't interesting enough to see blow up) other than the birthplace of modern Christianity, especially if the Pope's there, that's a HUGE loss for humanity if the Pope dies.

* Pyongyang: Either the Juche Tower, the Arch of Triumph or the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun would be likely targets, seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime, especially the last one which is actually the resting place of Kim-Sung Il, that would definitely destroy the Kim regime for good (assuming they even got out of the city) and maybe even force the two Koreas to reunite.

We saw the White House, Empire State Building, and whatever the building was in Los Angeles (that would be the U.S Bank Tower). Unseen in other cities:

*** It's either St. Basil's Cathedral or the Moscow White House (they're pretty close promixinity). My best guess it would be the former seeing as St. Basil's tends to have huge gatherings on a yearly basis, making it easier to kill as many civilians as possible, they can easily wipe out the Russian government (which is confirmed by the news footage that the aliens did in fact target St. Basil's as they feature the iconic domes on it).

*** According to the Warof1996 site, they did set their main weapon on the Eiffel Tower, which explains why it wasn't above it yet....''it was actually heading it's weapon right above it!''

*** The city destroyer parked it's main weapon above NATO headquarters during Wave 2, which makes sense as NATO is a way way BIGGER target as like the EU, it also holds most of the alliances between the United States and Europe.

** Unlike the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower is much closer to downtown Tokyo (and as it's revealed in the Warof1996, they did in fact target Tokyo Tower), and let's face it seeing the aliens park their city destroyer above Mt. Fuji (an dormant volcano and Japan's main landmark) would look absolutely silly and nowhere near as damaging (almost as humorous as seeing them park a city destroyer right above New York City's Central Park), the Diet Building is a bit closer to downtown Tokyo and actually houses the Japanese government which would make it a likely target.

** Unlike the White House, the Namdaemun Gate is surrounded by skyscrapers and thus makes more sense for the aliens to target, seeing as Seoul's other beloved landmark, the Seoul Tower is well up in the mountains far outside of the downtown area.
* Pyongyang: Either the Juche Tower, the Arch of Triumph or the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun would be likely targets, seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime, especially the last one which is actually the resting place of Kim-Sung Il.

* Pyongyang: Either the Juche Tower, the Arch of Triumph or the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, would be likely targets, seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime, especially the last one which is actually the resting place of Kim-Sung Il.

* Pyongyang: No clue on who they could target in terms of landmarks (outside of the Juche Tower and the Arch of Triumph), seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime.

* Pyongyang: No clue on who they could target in terms of landmarks (outside of the Juche Tower and the Arc of Reunification), seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime.

* Pyongyang: No clue on who they could target in terms of landmarks, seeing as most of them are done by the notorious Kim regime.

*** The city destroyer parked it's main weapon above NATO headquarters during Wave 2, which makes sense as NATO is a way way BIGGER target.

** This would definitely have been its most likely target seeing as it houses both Pope and all of the Vatican Cardinal members, that's a HUGE target for the aliens, I can't see them targeting anything else (Roman Colosseum while iconic, is mostly made of stone meaning that it wouldn't wipe out Rome if the aliens set their city destroyer on it and like the Eiffel Tower isn't interesting enough to see blow up) other than the birthplace of modern Christianity, especially if the Pope's there, that's a HUGE loss for humanity if the Pope dies.

** Unlike the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower is much closer to downtown Tokyo (and as it's revealed in the Wiki, they did in fact target Tokyo Tower), and let's face it seeing the aliens park their city destroyer above Mt. Fuji (an dormant volcano and Japan's main landmark) would look absolutely silly and nowhere near as damaging, the Diet Building is a bit closer to downtown Tokyo and actually houses the Japanese government which would make it a likely target.

*** They actually went after the Houses of Parliament.