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While media depictions and popular fears center on nuclear strikes against densely populated urban areas – think New York or Los Angeles – a nuclear strike against America would most likely prioritize America’s nuclear infrastructure. 

A new report claiming the American cities most at risk of a nuclear attack put one city in the Empire State at the top of the list.

A new report claiming the American cities most at risk of a nuclear attack put one city in the Empire State at the top of the list.

A new report claiming the American cities most at risk of a nuclear attack put one city in the Empire State at the top of the list.

The world is on edge over fears of a nuclear war, but America would likely be a prime target if bombs were dropped. Experts used population density and military base locations to find the worst spots to live.

Every once in a while, a high reading of radioactivity off the coast of Tybee Island, Georgia, sends the US government scrambling to look for a nuclear weapon that's likely hidden 13 to 55 feet below the ocean and sand, buried in the seafloor.

Since 1950, the US military has been involved in 32 "broken arrow" incidents, where they lost or dropped nuclear weapons or other issues, like fires, were involved. In his book "Command and Control," Eric Schlosser wrote that in 1957 Air Force planes unintentionally dropped a nuclear weapon once every 320 flights. Coupled with the high rate of…

A nuclear bomb is still missing. In 1958, an Air Force B-47 jet dropped a Mark 15 near Tybee Island, Georgia. Despite searches, it's still missing.

A nuclear bomb is still missing. In 1958, an Air Force B-47 jet dropped a Mark 15 near Tybee Island, Georgia. Despite searches, it's still missing.

This January, as global tensions rose worldwide, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock — which symbolizes how close they believe humankind is to destroying itself — to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest the symbolic device has been to worldwide catastrophe. (click here to see the position of the Doomsday Clock over […]