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During the Cold War which US cities were Soviet nuclear targets?
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All population centers were targets of opportunity. Several were priority targets that required special attention such as:
- Washington, DC, the National Capital
- Omaha, Nebraska which was the home of the Strategic Air Command.
- New York City as the Free Words Financial center,
- Colorado Springs, Colorado as the home of the North American Air Defense Command.
- Minot, North Dakota as a major Strategic Air Command base
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the main main manufacturing city in America, and because of its steel industry, which was used to help make weapons
- And a long list of US towns that some Americans haven't heard of, but were known targets to the USSR.
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