This will create a very dirty nuclear fallout situation.Īn air burst detonation will still destroy buildings and everything on the ground from its shock-wave (within a blast radius), but it will not pulverize the soil and ground like a ground burst detonation would. The real effects surrounding the nuclear targets on any given map will depend on the type of nuclear detonation.Ī ground burst detonation will not only pulverize everything within a given radius, but will also pulverize many countless tons of soil and dirt into the atmosphere. Lets hope that none of them ever are in control of ‘the button’. Are there still such people today? Of course there are. History has shown that there have been psychopathic leaders – who had they possessed nuclear weapons, they surely would have used them. Related article: 5 Nuclear Radiation Detector Choices > GQ GMC-300E-Plus Digital Geiger Counter Some maps are older than others and might not represent some of the changes which have occurred since their publish, but they are still interesting to examine, especially relative to one’s own location…Ī Radiation detector / Geiger counter, certainly an asset:

They vary with regards to nuclear proliferation and opinion of the day during the time they were published years ago. The nuclear target / fallout maps shown below are in the public domain.

“…a mapped illustration of the top 30 most populated cities (and metro areas) in the United States which could potentially ‘go’ first in a nuclear war…” Although there are lots of military installations, the following military nuclear targets logically seem more likely than others to be on primary target lists.” “… a list of United States military targets likely to be hit first compared with others. (the one you’re looking at now), and the following: Note: I have several related opinion articles on ‘nuclear targets’:

Fallout west coast map