Some of the supposed “targets” are ludicrous. For example, there’s a red dot along the Mississippi River between the Missouri Bootheel and Northwest Tennessee. The last target of military value, Eaker AFB (located near Blytheville, AR) shut down over 20 years ago. Dropping a nuke in that area would fry hundreds of catfish in the river and scorch some adjacent farm land, and that’s about it.
Likewise, there appears to be a red dot on Branson, Missouri. Guess the nuclear targeteers in Russia and/or China didn’t like their visit to the Ozarks, or they want to deny a post-apocalyptic vacation to surviving senior citizens.
“The last target of military value, Eaker AFB (located near Blytheville, AR) shut down over 20 years ago.”
Likewise for places like Fernald Enrichment plant and Nuclear Foundry near Cinci, the Newport Chemical Weapons Depot near Lafayette, the Kingsbury Ammo Plant (that has been closed since the 60’s), Bakalar Air Force Base, Grissom, etc.
All of these so-called “Target Lists” come from either the “Nuclear Attack Planning Base 1990”, which was compiled in the late 80’s, or the “report TR-72 High Risk Areas of the United States Report”, which is much older.
With the info being 25-30 years out of date, you’ have to be an idiot to buy these books.