Posted on 12/09/2024 12:42:12 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated wind and weather patterns to predict the timeline of nuclear fallout, including the paths through which radiation would spread throughout the country.
Experts agree that the Midwest, where 450 ballistic missile silos are stored — particularly Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska — would be the most likely primary target as detonating just two of those storehouses could cause an explosion equal to 100,000 tons of TNT, per Scientific American.
Exposure to radiation poisoning from a nuclear attack would guarantee death for an estimated 300 million Americans within four days of detonation.
Citizens throughout much of Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming and parts of Colorado would suffer death within weeks of exposure to radiation after the silo states get decimated.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Translation: Flyover country would be hardest hit from a war the coastal-elected Dims put us in.
I’m not sure that all of our missiles should be targeted outside of the country… ;-)
Odd how this map glosses over the naval bases on both coasts which would by definition be targeted in a first strike.
Bangor, San Diego, Newport News
LOL... They think a nuclear exchange will stop at silos? That is a silly map.
Gee, I wonder if the selection of launch locations in areas of low population was intentional?
Scientific American has gone woke.
No longer scientific, but very un-American.
This map assumes that the only targets are silo’s. But that is not true at all. There are other military and industrial sites. And if they go after the nuclear power plants than the US would be an inhabitable wasteland.
I have the Space Force(formerly USAF) Tracking Station in NH in my back yard.
It tracks the ICBMs coming in over the North Pole.
So they are completely ignorant of DC along with several economic centers (NY, Chicago, etc...) being primary targets?
Clearly wrtitten by some idiot urinalyst
Looks like the future belongs to cockroaches and Florida man.
That doesn’t look like it would be very ‘healthy’ for my garden, my chickens, the mule, the dogs, the cats, the local wildlife, my steer and us. :(
LOL !
They are trying to prep their NPCs on the coasts to learn to love the bomb.
FAct is, the biggest targets are the big cities where the elites and leftists live.
I still remember the “Fallout maps” in the Civil Defense books from 1961. Danger areas one hour after the blast, and wind patterns 24 hours later.
I should add that the maps showed all major cities being hit along with military bases.
Even if a missile is off by several miles from its expected target in the big cities, it will still many. Seems like targeting the silos would need to be more pin-point.
*still kill many
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