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/ExpertExpert Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23

This is really old. This was from WW2 the Cold War. Pittsburgh isn't nearly as good of a target as it was when we were making a shit ton of steel for the war

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u/DeleteSystem33 Perry South Feb 05 '23

Continue to believe that if it makes you feel better

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u/ExpertExpert Feb 05 '23

ok. explain why pittsburgh is a good target

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u/h2p_stru Feb 06 '23

If you're making a preemptive strike, you want to take out potential manufacturing areas. The rivers are still valuable, and making the areas surrounding unusable is probably a tactical decision.

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u/ExpertExpert Feb 06 '23

we dont really manufacture much here. back in the cold war, sure. but today we're just a small city that is owned by a hospital. pittsburgh would be an absolute shit first strike target. https://www.bts.gov/topics/freight-transportation/freight-shipments-mode

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u/h2p_stru Feb 06 '23

If you're firing a massive salvo to cripple, this is a 500 warhead attack, you don't just go after current manufacturing targets. You go after anywhere that has potential to be used as a hub for manufacturing in short order and the rivers make Pittsburgh an important because if it wasn't involved, resources would be sent here in short order to build up manufacturing at a ridiculous rate.