I've been trying to decode what FEMA thought the Soviet nuclear targets in Missouri were in 1990. Some progress.pic.twitter.com/WHqj9PljSa
@wellerstein What's most interesting to me here is the apparent assumption that all airports, no matter how small, would be targeted.
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@wellerstein Those with big enough runways could have served as backup dispersal airports for B-52s, B-1s, and their refueling tankers. -
@AtomicAnalyst Yeah, I assumed something like that. It just feels like a wee bit of overkill to aim for the little ones. :-) -
@wellerstein Well, we reportedly targeted pastures in the USSR that could have served as landing fields.
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@wellerstein what's top rhs corner?? -
@cynicalsecurity I'm not sure — something in Illinois. -
@wellerstein I'm curious now…
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@wellerstein This is also what happens when you have so many nuclear weapons that you have to assign them targets, no matter how unlikely.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Because they would be used (or at least the US believed the Soviets believed) as divert airfields for bombers and AD intrcptrs?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Nevermind, got sniped by Stephen SchwartzThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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