I actually just recently read a report from the late 80s that discussed a couple of scenarios and likely distribution of nuclear targets in each one. The best

I actually just recently read a report from the late 80s that discussed a couple of scenarios and likely distribution of nuclear targets in each one. The best case scenario (in the context of a full scale nuclear war with Russia) was a couple hundred successfully detonated strikes. The eastern seaboard, and all the metropolitan areas on the west coast were smoking holes in the ground. Pretty much anywhere with a sufficiently large military base, or significant government presence was on the "likely destroyed" list. There were a lot of random inland areas, which I assumed were targeting silos. Basically, even in the 400 bomb scenario, the Boise field office of the IRS becomes the nation's highest authority.