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'''Anchorage''' is the largest city in [[Alaska]], the 49th state in the [[USA|Union]]. It sits at approximately 61N 149W, even further north than [[Oslo]], [[Norway]].
'''Anchorage''' is the largest city in [[Alaska]], the 49th state in the [[USA|Union]]. It sits at approximately 61N 149W, even further north than [[Oslo]], [[Norway]].
===Major Military Base: A Likely [[Nuclear target structures|Nuclear Target Structure]]===
Anchorage has a major [[United States Armed Forces]] warning [[radar]] [[network]] at Elmendorf [[AFB]] near Fort Richardson. Because of this military base with likely [[nuclear weapon]] capabilities making it one of the [[Nuclear_target_structures#Primary_Targets|primary targets]] among the world's major [[nuclear target structures]] in a possible [[nuclear war]]<ref>[http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/united-states/nuclear/ ''Nuclear Country Profile''], [[Washington, DC]]: Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Last updated: May, 2014. Accessed January 15, 2015</ref>. Anchorage being a "[[first strike]]" [[nuclear war]] target is mostly due to it's radar, [[missile]] silos, [[bomber]] bases, [[submarine]] bases, and command and control (C2) centers. The enemy must neutralize these [[asset]]s immediately to prevent or minimize American nuclear or other military retaliation.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Nuclear target structures]]
* [[Fairbanks]], Alaska
[[Category : Alaska Cities and Towns]]
[[Category : Alaska Cities and Towns]]
[[Category : Nuclear Target Structures]]
[[Category : Nuclear Target Structures]]