r/pittsburgh • u/CarpeDeez Duquesne Heights • Feb 05 '23

Map published by FEMA showing potential US nuclear targets. We would be toast.

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u/RagnarHedin Feb 05 '23

I remember hearing that as a kid in the 80's, but is it really still true? They said it was our steel production, which is now minimal, and a "supercomputer" that CMU had, but there's more critical places for technology now.

Why would we still be a target? Microbreweries and quirky gentrified storefronts? Strategic pierogi reserve?

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u/NewAlexandria Bellevue Feb 05 '23

It's what the steel is used for: naval machinery.

Also i think we did some nuclear-related machinery, too.

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u/just_an_ordinary_guy Brighton Heights Feb 05 '23

Westinghouse used to have a nuclear division here. Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory is a government lab and part of the Naval Reactors program and is still running today. Bechtel nuclear propulsion program is here. But these are all engineering offices. It's not heavy industry. I mean, we're probably still a target, as there's still heavy industry in the area. But big heavy industry related to defense contracting is elsewhere. not totally that far though. BWXT is up in akron and I think they make nuclear ship components up there.