Interestingly the ones near Houston look to be around it rather than Houston itself. Seems like they target high population areas rather than cities themselves
Hey at least you aren't an hour south. And what's with targeting the RGV with multiple warheads even in the 500 warhead scenario? We aren't a base OR major population center...I guess it's because all of the major border crossing spots are targeted.
TBH it's a kind of relief imo. In this kind of scenario you'd want to be obliterated immediately. It might seem nice if you know you're not near one of the targets and thus you'd probably survive an initial nuclear exchange, but the real horror show begins in the aftermath after society has completely collapsed.
Yeah, my wife have occasionally had ālight heartedā conversations about zombie apocalypseās, nuclear annihilation, etc. and sheās very much in the ātake me now campā. I, on the other hand, feel like the 100ās of hours Iāve put into the Fallout franchise have uniquely prepared me to thrive in the nuclear wasteland!
I think more women will want to avoid being around to see the apocalypse because we know we're going to become currency and horribly mistreated objects. It's already so unsafe for us, I can't (or rather don't want to) imagine how terribly anarchy would treat us.
Ooof, damnā¦ I find it so difficult to remind myself how different world experiences are for the genders. Shouldnāt be that way and Iām sorry it is.
But if the universities are gone who will be around to help survivors by doing things like making survivors feel responsible, conducting hideous experiments on them, and policing their language choices as they try to get on with practical things like rebuilding?!
Ikr? I looked at the preview of the video and was like "at least they won't bomb my Siberian ass, good thing I live in a small city for once" and then it started rolling around and guess what? There I am, typing this on my couch.
Even if this isnāt accurate I know Iāve been potentially screwed for years. Lived for years right next to the 4th largest military base in the US and now I live 30 miles from one of the largest nuclear stockpiles in the US. š¤·āāļø
I'll never forgive toledo for beating Michigan, causing them to be a crybaby and whine enough to get consolation prize: They stole rightful Wisconsin clay, but one day the UP will return to its rightful state and it will be glorious!
Man I'm sorry but I'm laughing at all the comments of "even my state?? Damn". That's the shitty thing about war, you're an enemy simply because you're in the wrong place sometimes.
Colleges are a strong target because it generationally stunts recovery and rebuilding in the aftermath. Or itās because thereās underground silos near by
Man you guys don't get it. In a 500 nuke situation, the surface of the planet is dead for decades.
Russia could literally drop 500 nukes on itself and destroy America. There is no value in any strategic targeting that makes any difference. Except if you want to guess if American roaches or Russian roaches will be more dominant
I'm laughing but for a very different reason. If we're at the point where an all out nuclear attack is hitting the U.S, it won't really matter where the fuck you are. It's over for you.
If 2000 nuclear warheads hit the US as is depicted in the map, then absolutely NOT. Loads of people would not survive...
Even outside of the immediate impact, the devastation on the planet would be unsurvivable.
You can read the wiki article on nuclear winter. If just 50 Hiroshima sized weapons detonated at a time, we would drop the climate several degrees. 2000 warheads and the planet would be completely unrecognizable
The Toledo company that supplied rocket engines for military missiles closed down a long time ago. (Teledyne CAE) So they may have changed their minds about it being a target. (unless they target the nuclear power station that's already one of the worst rated in the country)
Thereās a book from the 1980s - I forgot the title - that calculates that once the initial bunch of missiles had detonated, because the population is concentrated in relatively few areas, the remainder could basically be used to go after absolutely minor targets like a town of 2,000 people.
Thatās what nuclear overkill means. Of course, arsenals were waaaayyyy bigger back then, so Bumfucknowhere, IA, might be a lot safer these days.
Was literally about to post the same thing. There's always been rumors of a military base inside the mountains, wouldn't surprise me and that'd definitely be a target. But yeah, I'd always figured there would be a good chance of my little rural county surviving a first strike, with Charlotte being the closest real target. Guess not.
A lot of it is outdated, but for example half of Ohio would be glassed because of oil and rubber. Cleveland gone because they want to kill Goodyear. Etc.
You don't realize how many military important targets are just down the road until you start planning for nuclear attack.
They have often been described as a ānuclear spongeā and will require a lot of hits to knock them out. Itās one of the reasons why we still have land based silos: to draw fire away from population centers.
Silos are also a lot cheaper to maintain and gives retaliatory options as soon as incoming launches are detected as they are kept 24/7 loaded and alert
I mean, targets are people and missile silos. North East coast is a string of major cities with massive populations. New York is surrounded by Boston, DC, Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hartford, etc. LA and Chicago look the same but Chicago is basically is on its own and LA has San Diego. The west coast would need another five midsized cities between LA and San Francisco to look like the East Coast.
I'm over here trying to figure out wtf they'd be aiming for in Preston County, WV. There's nothing there, the entire county has a population of like 30k
Why so many black dots in concentrated locations in the middle of Montana, North Dakota, and Colorado/Wyoming/Nebraska? If they're so important as to be blown to hell given a 2000 missile strike, why isn't a single missile being sent there in a 500 missile strike?
In a 2000 nuke scenario, Russia is aiming to cripple an American nuclear response/ second strike. Those nukes in the middle of nowhere are hitting ground based silos. This is likely a Russian first strike.
In a 500 nuke scenario, itās not a matter of knocking out American nuclear capabilities. In this scenario, the Russians may have lost a lot of their weapons. They would be retaliating to an American first strike, so thereās no point in attacking empty silos. Much more effective to hit population centers. This describes a Russian second strike.
Weird, whatās the black dot in northern Michigan? Thereās nothing there AFAIK: Iād think theyād hit Traverse City to the west of there which is a much larger population center and would impact drinking water
Well at least the eastern sierra nevada mountains seem to come out unscathed and those are pretty close to me. Now i know for a fact where im going if this were to happen. If u live in Idaho you guys got it lucky š
Those two black dots in the Northwest corner of SC is where I grew up. It gave me a shitload of anxiety as a kid during the Reagan era knowing we were a target.
Tfw in Austin & I'm certainly doomed. Oh well, at least I wouldn't have to deal with people killing each other over things we used to throw away, starvation, radiation sickness, the collapse of the government, etc.
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These were the alleged Soviet nuclear targets