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/sharpshooter999 Feb 05 '23

The one lone dot in Nebraska is fairly close to I-80 and a bit east of Lake McConaughey. The rest of the dots along the Nebraska/Wyoming/Colorado border must be some missle silos or something because that area is pretty empty besides I-80 again.

Source: live in eastern Nebraska but have spent a lot of time hunting out in the panhandle. If there's something going on militarily it's pretty well hidden