Top nuclear war targets. How close are you to one? I'm 40 miles from one. Maybe I can enjoy the serene glow of the mushroom cloud.

Sold to Saudi.

Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston.

Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston.

Somebody that knows what the fk they are talking about.

The targets are:
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
TERTIARY
In that order.

Primary targets are anything that can deliver an immediate Nuclear Strike

Within that there are priority categories and tiers:
1st:
Silos, Bomber Bases, Carrier Task Groups and Sub bases

2nd:
Anything that could stop your inbound strikes, or support outgoing strikes:
Tanker Bases, AWACS, ABM Sites, Strategic Fighter Bases.

3rd:
Executive Command and Control, as well as facilities that support them, such as bunker complexes, Milsat Ground Stations, and centers such as Cheyenne Mountain, Ft. Belvior, Homeland Command in Augusta, and Southern Command in San Antonio.

Anything not falling under those categories is considered a secondary target or below.

Primary Economic Targets like DC, NYC, Louisiana Storage, Cushing Oklahoma, Or Chicago can be primary targets as well, depending on priorities and available assets.

Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston.

Chicago not even top 10

Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston.

Seattle would be a top 3 target. Deep water port, nuclear sub base.

The sun's are at Naval Base Kitsap, on the other side of the Puget Sound From Seattle.

Naval Magazine Indian Island in Jefferson County, WA is another likely target. They supply munitions for the Pacific Navy Fleet, deep water port. (I'm about 10 miles from there, as the crow flies.)

As if Russia would waste a nuke on Chicago.

Redlener identified six cities that have the greatest likelihood of being attacked: New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston.

Port Arthur TX, about 100 miles East of Houston...
Gas / oil refineries as well as storage tanks...
Also LNG storage and shipping...

Lots of other refineries besides gas / oil...

The "port" is used to ship out military vehicles and Port of Beaumont (20 miles away) is where they also ship out military vehicles...that where they keep the 2 super large military transport ships are based...

Pueblo, CO would probably make it in a counter force attack. That mustard gas at the PCAP site has all been destroyed in terms with arms reduction treatys. Of course, CF&I (Evraz) steel mill, the dam and a large railyard downtown remain possible, albeit low priority, targets in a counter value attack.

Can't say the same for the Springs, lying some 40mi north of me. Norad and Peterson field would be the city's main targets, unfortunately. COS would be gone first when the SHTF. Big ones, on the order of 20 megatons would be used for digging out Cheyenne Mountain, leading to very heavy fallout to the east.

Being down here, upon seeing a blindingly bright flash off to the north, I'd have between 3 and 5 min before the deafening "crack" from the shockwave arrived. The fallout would/could pose a significant risk, depending on wind direction and precipitation bringing it down in hot spots.