[aimhigh]

I remember seeing a target scenario where the Russians would hit Seattle, Portland, San Fran and LA. Then they would create a vertical line of 30+ hits mid-country. That mid-line hit would blanket the east coast with radiation.

[AZ .44 MAG]

I’ve spoken with a few of the people involved with inspecting the Soviet sites. One of them said that some of their sites were flooded and couldn’t launch. I don’t know if that’s true or not but it wouldn’t surprise me if it were.

[NYer]

I remember seeing a target scenario where the Russians would hit Seattle, Portland, San Fran and LA. Then they would create a vertical line of 30+ hits mid-country. That mid-line hit would blanket the east coast with radiation.

I again recall watching a video in school, back in the late 50's, on the DEW Line.

The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning of any sea-and-land invasion.

The DEW Line was operational from 1957 to the late 1980s and it was the northernmost and most capable of three radar lines in Canada and Alaska; the joint Canadian-US Pinetree Line ran from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, and the Mid-Canada Line ran somewhat north of this. Between 1988 and 1993, most stations were deactivated. Those that remained were upgraded as part of the new North Warning System.
Source.

Here's a US Army video on the DEW Line.

DEW Line 1956 US Army "The Big Picture" Distant Early Warning System

[McGruff]

“That mid-line hit would blanket the east coast with radiation.”

I'd rather be vaporised in the first few milliseconds.