- Overview
- Nuclear War
- Targets
- Cities Targeted
This article discusses a map that has been circulating since 2015, which claims to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war. The map outlines possible targets in every US state and highlights some larger targets such as active nuclear plants. Areas of rural Idaho, Maine, Northern California and Oregon are considered less likel...
A map claiming to show the areas of the US that may be targeted in a nuclear war is making rounds again amid Russian war in Ukraine. The map outlines possible targets mostly located in the east and along Californian coast, including active nuclear plants.
Areas such as Montana and North Dakota may be vital to strike US forces, while rural Idaho, Maine, Northern California and Oregon are more improbable targets. Intercontinental ballistic missile silos (ICBMs), military bases, and nuclear storage are spread out across the US.
Six cities - New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC - are more likely to be targeted due to their infrastructure considered vital for country's workings such as financial centres or energy plants; other possible targets include Dallas-Fort Worth Miami & Philadelphia.
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The wing operated 150 Minuteman II missiles in underground launch facilities, or silos, and 15 launch control facilities that were scattered across a 16,000 square mile area encompassing sections of 14 counties. Missile deployment began on Sept. 1, 1963.
Online maps to accompany the revised edition of the book Nuclear Heartland: A guide to the 450 land-based missile silos of the United States Each of the red markers corresponds to a...
These 5 states were designed to be America's 'nuclear sponge'. Since the Cold War, the U.S. has strategically kept missile silos in sparsely populated areas of the country.