[ChicagoConservative27]

I am glad Trump is back... I was nervous was diaper brain and nuclear attacks

[Robert DeLong]

[Tell It Right]

Translation: Flyover country would be hardest hit from a war the coastal-elected Dims put us in.

[Bryan24]

LOL... They think a nuclear exchange will stop at silos? That is a silly map.

[ChronicMA]

Gee, I wonder if the selection of launch locations in areas of low population was intentional?

[Revel]

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.

[dfwgator]

[Cold_Red_Steel]

So they are completely ignorant of DC along with several economic centers (NY, Chicago, etc...) being primary targets?

[doorgunner69]

"where 450 ballistic missile silos are stored "

Clearly wrtitten by some idiot urinalyst

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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.

[ChronicMA]

When a nuclear power withdraws its UN delegation from NYC you know what is going to happen next.

[T-Bird45]

“…most likely primary target as detonating just two of those storehouses could cause an explosion equal to 100,000 tons of TNT…”

Even an absolutely dead center hit on a silo with a missile still in it (ridiculous premise to begin with) would not result in a nuclear event by the warhead on that missile. Yes, the enemy missile would wreak destruction & radiation poisoning but the nuclear material in the silo would not go critical. The US warhead material would likely rupture & add to the general radiation poisoning event.

[6ppc]

How do you store a silo???

[Crusher138]

Silly article.

If we had multiple incoming missiles we would launch. The enemy knows this, so instead of targeting empty silos, they would target command and control centers and population centers.

The primary targets would be the US ability to sustain and coordinate a response. They would target Air Force and Naval bases - Edwards, Kirtman, MacDill, SAC, San Diego, Norfolk, Bangor, New London, Diego Garcia...

[Vermont Lt]

The good news? The University of Ma in Amherst would pretty much be evaporated in the event of a nuclear exchange. So, we have that going for us.

[McGruff]

Exposure to radiation poisoning from a nuclear attack would guarantee death for an estimated 300 million Americans within four days of detonation.

Better to go in a blinding flash of light.

[wardamneagle]

New York, LA, and DC would be annihilated.....jmo

[dagunk]

The map is junk.

The Bad Guys have lots more bombs, lots more targets available.

[KarlInOhio]

detonating just two of those storehouses could cause an explosion equal to 100,000 tons of TNT, per Scientific American.

So 100 kilotons for two? That's a rounding error for modern multi-megaton nukes. Clearly the author is an idiot.

[Carriage Hill]

It gets ugly downwind, too.

[Paal Gulli]

"Some states are safer than others in a nuclear attack...

If there were an award for Most Inane Headline in History, this would be a shoe-in.