“…a mapped illustration of the top 30 most populated cities (and metro areas) in the United States which could potentially ‘go’ first in a nuclear war…” Although there are lots of military installations, the following military nuclear targets logically seem more likely than others to be on primary target lists.”
“… a list of United States military targets likely to be hit first compared with others. (the one you’re looking at now), and the following: Note: I have several related opinion articles on ‘nuclear targets’: