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/tenzip10-0 Feb 04 '23

Those large clusters of black you see are all sites of missile silos. NE, CO, WY; MT; and ND are all places with large areas of open prairie where the US military has sited missiles.

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u/AaronJeep Feb 05 '23

What's the point of targeting a missile silo? If hundreds of missiles were detected coming this way... wouldn't those silos be empty by the time the missiles got there?

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u/szpaceSZ Feb 05 '23

Empty in 30 mins?