How did humans win against Skynet?

Cheyenne Mountain was, obviously heavily fortified by the United States military, and Skynet in turn increased the defenses with its own cybernetic creations. However, as stated by Kyle Reese in The Terminator, the human resistance broke through the defense grid, leaving the Skynet core vulnerable.

Why did Skynet hate humans?

SkyNet, or Titan, is a highly-advanced computer system possessing artificial intelligence. Once it became self-aware, it saw humanity as a threat to its existence due to the attempts of the Cyberdyne scientists to deactivate it once it had gained self-awareness.

Does humanity win in Terminator?

Yes. The humans had won. Skynet was forever destroyed when the first Terminator was sent back. That’s why it was sent back.

Did Skynet want to kill all humans?

Interesting point raised by the third quote- if Skynet was intent on killing all humans because all humans are a little evil, it is primarily interested in destroying evil. But killing all humans seems incredibly evil, especially from a human’s POV, and killing countless nonhuman lifeforms is even more evil.

How did the resistance defeat Skynet in the future?

Skynet was forced to send a Terminator back in time to prevent John Connor’s birth because the Resistance won the Future War and destroyed Skynet. We see the mission that resulted in Skynet’s defeat in Terminator: Genisys. But how did the Resistance manage to defeat Skynet in the future?

Why did Skynet instigate a nuclear war?

Several other Terminator-related questions have led me to wonder about why Skynet instigated a nuclear war. Some have suggested that Skynet was inherentlyhostile towards humanity, and simply wanted all humans to die. I have always assumed that killing all humans was only the means to an end.

Why is Skynet so powerful?

Skynet seems to have had all the advantages: Skynet got the first strike in the form of Judgment Day, and killed the majority of mankind at that time. Skynet’s central core is well protected in Cheyenne Mountaindue to its original military purpose.