Don't forget that
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"With certain exceptions, only places that received 0.5 megaton of more"
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were listed on the strike list. There's nothing to say smaller warheads weren't used, or even conventional munitions - how hard is it to destroy a refinery when a simple match can set off a catastrophic event?
Sure, some
may not be completely flattened, but given refineries were high on the list of targets, how much use are they really?
Look at the Ploesti oil fields and refineries in Romania. The Soviets have sunk a great deal of resources into getting that working again, even at a radically reduced production rate.
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"The oil fields near Ploesti contain one of the few remaining refineries in the world, and are occupied by the last major tank force extant: the Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Army."
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So the Soviets have devoted an entire
Army to protecting the area, even while other areas were under intense pressure from enemy forces.
Can anyone say the Texas and Oklahoma oils fields and refineries would be any less important? Why haven't the Americans, the Mexicans or even the Soviets in Division Cuba camped on top of them as the Soviets have in Romania?
My opinion - because they're damaged beyond practical repair using current resources and manpower. That may change in the coming years, but it won't happen any time soon.