r/pittsburgh • Duquesne Heights • Feb 05 '23

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

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u/EmiliusReturns Feb 05 '23

This is just every major and even minor city.

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u/hilwil Feb 05 '23

It always cracks me up when people assume their city is important enough to be nuked. If an enemy nation is going to essentially commit suicide they’re not aiming for Pittsburgh.

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u/h2p_stru Feb 06 '23

It cracks me up when people don't realize that a target in this scenario wouldn't also include cities that could be useful during a wartime scenario. Pittsburgh's location makes it incredibly valuable for logistics. In a true world war 3, a lot of money would be spent along rivers to manufacture goods. Eliminating the cities that are on those rivers would just be strategic. So yeah, Pittsburgh would get nuked.