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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It's worth noting the books only detail those nuclear targets which received 250 kilotonnes or more. This essentially rules out almost every sub launched missile and possibly even aircraft delivered weapons as well.
So it's very possible, even probable that what is shown on the maps and in the books is just a small percentage of actual strikes.
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I agree that it seems against basic military common sense not to attack the TACOM sites. They most likely were on the target list. Unfortunately, their destruction or survival was never discussed except for the Lima Tank Plant in Challenge Magazine, which survived due to a near miss.
My argument is that by the post-TDM period, the delivery methods may have been destroyed, the number of warheads may have dropped due to losses necessitating their targeting having been changed, or that those in the USSR giving the word may have either had tired of the destruction or been incapacitated themselves, all through a variety of ways.
It could be as simple as a Frigate in the Gulf making a lucky discovery of a SLCM carrying Victor III with the weapons to neutralize Anniston (and/or Rock Island) and putting it on the bottom with a pair of Mark 48's in a chance encounter.
My point is that in the canon material, except for Lima, it isn't stated either way, on the hit lists or in any narrative material that I've ever seen, and I remember ordering Howling Wilderness new from the local comic shop....and being rather disappointed with what I got. Does it really imbalance your average T2K campaign to have them partially/completely intact? I really can't see how. Even if intact, the federal covernment won't have the energy, raw materials, or bodies to run the plants for years to come. They will, however, be rather instrumental in rebuilding the US military.