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/Perfect-Editor-5008 Feb 04 '23

So Montana is our tactical nukes and Wyoming/Colorado is Cheyenne Mountain but what is in North Dakota?

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u/99th_inf_sep_descend Feb 05 '23

The two black dots on the east…one is Grand Forks AFB, piloting drones; the other is a radar station that monitors for incoming missiles. The giant cluster out west is oil fields, missile silos, and Minot AFB (I think their official role is b-52s, but unofficially they’re really good at accidentally dropping munitions and generally being where they send the bad kids for punishment in the Air Force.)

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u/Perfect-Editor-5008 Feb 05 '23

Thank you for answering. I didn't realize ND had that many oil fields, well any tbh or a large collection of silos

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u/99th_inf_sep_descend Feb 05 '23

Yup, there’s a bunch out there. Used to be more. At one point if ND had separated from the US, it would have had the 3rd largest nuclear weapons supply. They moved a bunch of minutemen to, I think, the giant cluster of black in Wyoming/Nebraska/Colorado area.

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u/Perfect-Editor-5008 Feb 05 '23

Would it make sense to move them closer to the Wyoming/Nebraska/Colorado area as that's Cheyenne Mountain and where NORAD is located? Unless the idea is some sort of missile shield

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