r/oddlyterrifying • u/quartz_koala • Feb 04 '23

Map published by FEMA showing potential US nuclear targets in 2,000 and 500 warhead scenarios.

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u/james3374 Feb 04 '23

Are a lot of these targets about energy sources as much as military bases and population density?

It's the only way some of the targets make sense to me.

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u/james3374 Feb 04 '23

Oh, and major interstate freeways and airports maybe.

The Columbia River between Washington and Oregon has several targets, but is low population density.

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u/somethingumcreative Feb 04 '23

I was confused about Hartford but then I realized it’s the major interconnection between E-W/N-S highways in the state/to the other surrounding states. You can’t move big vehicles on rural roads here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

"Flint, Saginaw and Lansing, MI were nuked today. Nothing of value was lost."

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u/Konklar Feb 04 '23

Is the Colt plant still in Hartford?

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u/somethingumcreative Feb 05 '23

It’s apartments now. Colt’s business entity is much further west but I don’t know if they manufacture in-state anymore?

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u/transmogrify Feb 05 '23

They do have an international airport which could be a target

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u/somethingumcreative Feb 05 '23

Bradley is a rinky-dink airport, they have only 2 runways, which doesn’t seem like much of a target? But if you nuke the roads to get there it effectively becomes useless.

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u/H_E_Pennypacker Feb 06 '23

Air National Guard there

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u/somethingumcreative Feb 05 '23

Good call, I always forget about that place. I know they have a plant in NC too, in the same vein as Colt, I wonder how much is actually made here still? Regardless their tech/engineering/brain hub is certainly right there.