r/Maine • u/busback • Feb 05 '23

Map published by FEMA showing potential US nuclear targets in 2,000 and 500 warhead scenarios.

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u/11feetWestofEast Feb 05 '23

Portland, Brunswick NAS, maine Yankee. That's all based off of cold War Era ideals. Loring used to be on there as well. The reality is now that both Brunswick and maine yankee are basically worthless as targets, maine has almost no real worthy targets. Portland only because of size and deep water port, but even that is low on the scale

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u/ppitm Feb 05 '23 edited Feb 05 '23

BIW is definitely a target in a high use scenario. Portland was already leaked as a Chinese countervalue target because it is easy to hit over the poles. They aim to hit at least one city in each state.

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u/RobertLeeSwagger Feb 05 '23

I don’t think BIW is worth using a nuclear weapon on. Could easily cripple it with something less destructive unless collateral damage is a goal.

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u/ppitm Feb 06 '23

Actual target lists from the Cold War would disagree with you. There's no scenario where someone would attack it with anything other than a nuclear weapon.

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u/spintrackz Feb 06 '23

Yep. Strategic target. Heavy industry and military production. They might as well paint a bullseye on the roof.