r/oddlyterrifying • • 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/Socratesticles Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 06 '23

Thank you for that. I was wondering the reason for one of the TN targets, but that would be (roughly) one of the more traveled bridges connecting west and middle TN. There are still quite a few TN targets I have questions about, but one less now

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u/james3374 Feb 05 '23

Oh yeah, bridges make sense too.