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Appendix 1--Nuclear targets in America hit in the 1962 exchanges.

Location Weapon(s) type Target type
Mobile, AL 3xSS-4 MRBMs (All duds) Port facilities
Admiralty Island, AK 5 mT bomb (Missed) (aimed at Juneau)
Barrow, AK SS-4 MRBM (Missed, dud) DEW Line Radar HQ
Tucson, AZ SS-N-4 Davis-Monthan AFB
Eaker AFB, AR SS-7 SAC bomber base
San Francisco, CA SS-N-4 Port facilities
Los Angeles, CA SS-7 Port facilities
San Diego, CA SS-N-4, SS-6 Port facilities and military bases
Vandenburg AFB, CA AS-3 ALCM Satellite launching base
Dorris, CA 5 mT bomb Unknown
Denver, CO 2xSS-7s Industry and capital facilities
Punkin Center, CO SS-7 (Overshot) (aimed at Fort Carson)
Washington, DC Frog White House
Key West NAS, FL 2xSS-4 MRBMs (Both duds) Area command center
Homestead AFB, FL SS-4 MRBM (Dud) SAC bomber base
Orlando, FL SS-6 McCoy AFB
Tampa, FL SS-4 MRBM MacDill AFB
Cape Canaveral, FL SS-7 (Missed) Space Center
Atlanta, GA SS-7 Industry and capital facilities
Honolulu, HI SS-N-4 Pacific Command HQ
Near Arco, ID Atlas F Missfire
Chicago, IL 2xSS-7 Industry and capital facilities
Kannapolis, KS Atlas F Missfire
Fort Knox, KY 1 mT bomb US gold reserves
Fredrick, MD SS-N-4 (Overshot) (aimed at Washington DC)
Biloxi, MS SS-N-4 Keesler AFB
Saint Louis, MO SS-7 Industry
Kansas City, MO AS-3 ALCM Industry
Offutt AFB, NE SS-6 SAC HQ
Albuquerque, NM SS-7 Kirtland AFB
New York City, NY 5 mT bomb, 2xSS-N-4s Port and industrial facilities
Toledo, OH 1 mT bomb Industrial and oil facilities
Lima, OH 1 mT bomb Industrial and oil facilities
Philadelphia, PA SS-7 Port facilities
Pittsburgh, PA 1 mT bomb Industry
Charleston, SC SS-7 SSBN support base
Hot Springs, SD SS-7 (Overshot) (aimed at Ellsworth AFB)
Fort Campbell, TN 1 mT bomb Army staging base
Dallas, TX SS-7 Industry
Houston, TX SS-7 Port and oil facilities
San Antonio, TX SS-7 Randolph AFB
Corpus Christi, TX SS-4 MRBM Port and oil facilities
Salt Lake City, UT SS-7 Industry and capital facilities
Norfolk, VA SS-7 Atlantic Command HQ
Seattle, WA SS-N-4 Port facilities
Lake Geneva, WI SS-7 (Overshot) (aimed at Chicago)
FE Warren AFB, WY SS-7 SAC base
Bridger Peak, WY SS-7 (Overshot) (aimed at FE Warren AFB)
Jackson Hole, WY SS-7 (Overshot) (aimed at FE Warren AFB)

Appendix--2 Total nuclear forces available on October 28, 1962.

USA
30-- 1.4 mT Atlas D ICBMs
27-- 4 mT Atlas E ICBMs
60-- 4 mT Atlas F ICBMs
54-- 4 mT Titan I ICBMs
8-- SSBNs carrying
128-- 600 kT Polaris SLBMs
675-- B-47 Stratojets
36-- B-58 Hustlers
555-- B-52 Stratofortresses
carrying some 2,920 nuclear bombs of varying yields
Uncounted numbers of tactical weapons

USSR
4-- 3 mT SS-6 Sapwood ICBMs
32-- 6 mT SS-7 Saddler ICBMs
2-- SSBNs carrying
6--1 mT SS-N-4 Sark SLBMs
28--SSBs carrying
57--1 mT SS-N-4 Sark SLBMs and
21--100 kT SS-1b Scub SLBMs
80--Tu-95M Bear A
15--Tu-95K-20 Bear B
24--Mi-4 Bison A
56--Mi-4-3M Bison B
carrying some 392 nuclear bombs of varying yields
Uncounted numbers of tactical weapons
Some 500 assorted IRBMs and MRBMs in Russia
In addition, in Cuba there were
36--1.2 mT SS-4 Sandal MRBMs
6--IL-28 bombers with 6 12 kT nuclear bombs
12--2 kT Frog rockets
36--12 kT Sopka cruise missiles

Appendix--3 Nuclear forces as of late 1964

USA
While America's once massive nuclear arsenal has been drastically reduced, it is still formidable by 1964 standards. There still remains about a half dozen operational ICBMs, mostly ones that suffered mechanical failures in 1962 and have been since repaired. In most cases, however, the warheads have been removed and shipped to Colorado Springs for safe keeping. A few Polaris missile submarines are still around, but most of their SLBMs have been expended. The Strategic Air Command suffered horrendous losses in World War III, but much to General LeMay's pride, they succeeded in pounding Russia into the Stone Age. Today, all the remaining serviceable bombers are based at Colorado Springs, along with what atomic bombs are left. As huge multi-engined bombers drink so much fuel, flying one is out of the question for the time being. There are a number of tactical nuclear weapons around, though most are securely in the hands of the US military.

USSR
Virtually nothing remains of Russia's nuclear arsenal now. What wasn't expended during the war has long since rusted away or been lost under the snows. All the available ICBMs were launched, all the submarines accounted for by ASW forces and nearly every one of the strategic bombers shot down or destroyed on the ground. There are probably some atomic air-dropped bombs still sitting in a hanger somewhere but there are certainly no planes capable of handling them left in flying condition. Some of smaller tactical weapons certainly survived and may even still be operational, but again, there is no value in using them. Perhaps in a decade or so Russia can think again about being a nuclear power.