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. JDJarvisMarch 4, 2011 at 1:17 PM

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

    ReplyDelete
  2. KrikkitMarch 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    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.

    ReplyDelete
  3. PeteMarch 4, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    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?

    ReplyDelete
  4. MelMarch 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM

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

    ReplyDelete
  5. MikeMarch 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    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 :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. MarkMarch 5, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Looks like NYC was safe!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. bribar1September 14, 2012 at 5:45 PM

      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?

      Delete
  7. FunderMarch 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM

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

    ReplyDelete
  8. Ray BeezeMarch 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM

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

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousAugust 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM

    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.

    ReplyDelete
  10. zengardenerFebruary 11, 2013 at 1:36 AM

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

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousJuly 24, 2014 at 11:51 AM

    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.

    ReplyDelete