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user-inactivated · 3282 days ago · link · · parent · post: 1950s U.S. Nuclear Target List Offers Chilling Insight
I think they probably had those at the time as well. But by the time you're using C-130s to drop nukes, you likely don't have logistics capabilities or time to wait. This was such a last resort scenario that they probably weren't even really devoting resources to it. He just said that they had to train for it.