Was Puerto Rico safe during the Cold War?

In a hypothetical full nuclear engagement between NATO and the USSR in 1983, would peripheral US islands such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have been blown up by the USSR? Or would the USSR have been completely focused on more important targets?
 

thorr97

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Puerto Rico would certainly get some Soviet Lovin' due to Roosevelt Roads and the Commander, South Atlantic Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet HQ there.
 
I imagine there's also the risk of fallout and radiation from strikes on Cuba if not the American mainland. Also, even if the islands were completely untouched physically, their economies would crater from the global fallout of civilization's collapse and the refugees fleeing what used to be the United States.
 
In a hypothetical full nuclear engagement between NATO and the USSR in 1983, would peripheral US islands such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have been blown up by the USSR? Or would the USSR have been completely focused on more important targets?

WHy would the soviets NOT hit them?
 
As noted there were significant military targets in Puerto Rico: NS Roosevelt Roads and the air station on the eastern side, and the AF base (?Ramey/ - can't recall the name) in the west. Even if they don't hit San Juan, which is a significant port, each of these military targets is going to get some instant sunshine, perhaps more than one weapon especially NS/NAS Roosevelt Roads. The US Virgin Islands are unlikely to be hit, just a waste of a weapon and delivery system.
 
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