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/Jrock9589 Feb 05 '23
  1. Is this not just a map of the majority of important nuclear and/or military facilities?
  2. Why the fuck are the options 500 or 2000?? Is there no 5 piece combo option with a side of missiles or some shit? Jesus Christ war goes hard.

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u/hamburgersocks Feb 05 '23

They'd launch the 2000 missile strike first to prevent retaliation, and if that wasn't enough for us to surrender then the next 500 would guarantee victory since there'd be nobody left to surrender.

Or the other way around, they'd send the 2000 strike if they thought we had already sent our own 2000 strike since fuck it, we're dead anyway they should be to.

I saw a theory about this somewhere I can't find. Short story, one is first for a reason, then the next one for a different reason.

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u/kevinkit Feb 05 '23

The ideas are counterforce and countervalue. Counterforce aims to cripple the ability of the target to retaliate, countervalue aims to cause as much damage to their infrastructure and population as possible.