04 March 2011

U.S. targets of Soviet nuclear missiles, 1984

"Primary targets for Soviet ICBMs during the 1980s. The resulting fall-out is indicated with the darkest considered as "lethal" to relatively fall-out free yellow zones." (source)

12 comments:

  1. That really makes me feel nostalgic for the good old days.

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  2. Looks like they were much more concerned with taking out the ICBM bunkers than hitting cities.

    Didn't they realize that the bunkers could easily survive almost everything except a direct hit?

    They probably would have been better off trying to make sure there was no one left for the second volley.

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  3. I am surprised Oak Ridge in eastern TN wasn't targeted. Isn't that where we enrich uranium and make plutonium, tritium, and a bunch of other iums used in weapons production?

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  4. Huh. Well, so much for my thoughts of moving to Montana to get away from nuclear targets! Oregon gets less snow, anyway.

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  5. this is the kind of map I would have found useful in the late 80's when I was considering where to live.

    Looks like I picked wrong :)

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    1. You wouldnt want to be in NYC. Even if it wasnt a target, food and supplies would be gone in a matter of minutes. How do you feed that many people for any period of time?

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  7. I can't figure out what the Tennessee target is. Looks like Pickwick dam?

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  8. Tennessee targets included Oak Ridge Reservation (Oak Ridge, TN), Nuclear Fuel services (Erwin, TN) and Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Kingsport, TN)

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  9. The way the new cold war is going, the Ruskies are pushing their luck harder than before: they are becoming more aggressive and more stupid. I miss Brezhenev and his regime, they had more sense than Putin and his gang.

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  10. Does this map make anyone else think that the goal was to starve us to death?

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  11. This map has got to be totally incorrect. It doesn't have most of the old SAC bases listed which would've been a primary target.

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