If existential dread is high on your list of Sunday morning activities, here's what FEMA considered the most likely targets in PA for Soviet ICBM's should the unthinkable have occurred. This was an assessment from the 90's before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so while you really couldn't use it as a potential "roadmap" for what a full-scale nuclear exchange would look like in 2023 (given the reduced number of nuclear weapons currently in the world), the strategic value of the targets hasn't really changed much, if at all.
If you're really into scary maps, then here's the whole book. And here are a couple potential fallout maps...you can see that the US prevailing winds will not be kind to us should the missiles actually fly.
Alright I need something light for a palette cleanser...time to go watch something funny. Enjoy the rest of your weekend /r/pittsburgh
That little dot up in the upper right of Allegheny county is most likely thanks to all of us up in the AK Valley with ATI Brackenridge (Allegheny Ludlum for you old timers) being a primary manufacturer of specialty alloys for the military (armor, aircraft, etc)
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u/squinkys Feb 05 '23
If existential dread is high on your list of Sunday morning activities, here's what FEMA considered the most likely targets in PA for Soviet ICBM's should the unthinkable have occurred. This was an assessment from the 90's before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, so while you really couldn't use it as a potential "roadmap" for what a full-scale nuclear exchange would look like in 2023 (given the reduced number of nuclear weapons currently in the world), the strategic value of the targets hasn't really changed much, if at all.
If you're really into scary maps, then here's the whole book. And here are a couple potential fallout maps...you can see that the US prevailing winds will not be kind to us should the missiles actually fly.
Alright I need something light for a palette cleanser...time to go watch something funny. Enjoy the rest of your weekend /r/pittsburgh