THE ENERGY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IS NOT A PRIME TARGET FOR A NUCLEAR ATTACK

By Howie Katz

 

 

 

For years, Houstonians have been led to believe that, because of it's huge petro-chemical complex, their city is a prime target for a nuclear attack.  

As the world inches closer to World War III, Houstonians can set their minds at ease. The energy capital of the world is not a prime target for a nuclear attack by China and/or Russia.

New York City is number one among the targets. The financial capital of the world is the largest city in the US, and that makes it the number one target. Many of its eight million residents will be killed and seriously wounded by a nuclear explosion. 

 

A nuclear bomb explodes over Manhattan   

The Brooklyn Bridge in the aftermath of a nuclear attack

 

The purpose of a nuclear attack is to demoralize an enemy by killing and wounding a large number of its civilian population, thereby obtaining a surrender. That's what we did during World War II when we droped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Tied with New York as the number one target are our intercontinental ballistic missile sites in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, and our nuclear-capable bomber bases at Whiteman AFB in Missouri and Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. 

Next on the list of prime targets is Washington, DC. A nuclear bomb that devastates our nation's capital will also devastate our nation's government and kill and wound a lot of its 700,000 residents as well.. 

 

A nuclear bomb explosion over Washington, DC 

A post-nuclear Washington, DC

 

 

After that it would be Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco in that order. 

 

What makes Houston a preferred target is its population of more than two million residents, not its petro-chemical complex. But by the time the other US prime targets have been hit, Beijing and/or Moscow will have been destroyed by our retaliatory strikes.

 

 

 

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So, Houston's residents can relax and smell the roses. As a matter of fact, instead of being destroyed by a nuclear bomb, Houston could end up as the capital of what's left of the US.