A recent address by Russian President Vladamir Putin claims to identify several strategic United States targets that could easily be hit in a nuclear attack if an aggression of that magnitude was so desired. The targets range from military outposts that sit scarily close to Texas, to technological centers that serve essential needs to the defenses of the United States.

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One of those named targets is located approximately 21 miles from the Texas border, and would most certainly bring major devastation to the Lone Star State if it were to be hit in a nuclear strike.

Russia's Ruthless New Threat Of Nukes Targets Texas Border Base

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The plan above is a B-52H Stratofortress Bomber that is based just to the east of the Shreveport, Louisiana city limits in Bossier Parish within the boundaries of Barksdale Aire Force Base that serves as the home of the US 2nd Bomb Wing.

If you look at the full list of named targets as outlined by this article at Daily Express US, you will notice that many of the air bases listed feature bombing units. In total 14 locations are named.

The Pentagon

Washington, Virginia

Naval Station Norfolk

Largest Navy base in the world at Norfolk, Virginia

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Comfort Suites Kings Bay Naval Base Area

Camden County, Georgia.

Barksdale Air Force Base

Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Whiteman Air Force Base

Knob Noster, Missouri

United States Strategic Command

Offutt Air Force Base Omaha, Nebraska

VLF Array Lualualei

Underwater and submarine communications in Lualualei, Hawaii

Kirtland Air Force Base

Air Force Materiel Command's Nuclear Weapons Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico

21st Force Support Squadron

US' Space Force based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado

Warren Air Force Base

Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Minot Air Force Base

US 5th Bomb Wing Minot, North Dakota

Hill Air Force Base

Air Force Materiel Command in Davis County, Utah

Malmstrom Air Force Base

341st Missle Wing in Cascade County, Montana

Naval Radio Station Jim Creek

Submarine commands Oso, Washington

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