2015年，美国公布了一项核攻击中国的目标清单，这份解密文件显示，在上世纪60年代，美国陆军曾设计了一项核战争计划，打算利用核武器来打击目标，其中包括苏联、苏联盟军的空军基地，政府大楼等设施，中国也赫然在列。
在那份文件中，有着那样一段话:Whether China was fighting on the Soviet side or not in a war， SAC treated it as part of the Soviet bloc and listed Chinese airfields and cities in the target lists， including Beijing. Of the list of targets scheduled for “systematic destruction，” Beijing was in the top 20 with 23 DGZs. The list included several Air Power targets， including two Air Force military control centers and two Air Force storage areas. The location of those installations suggests that Beijing would have been targeted with thermonuclear weapons early in the war. For Beijing and its suburban district Fengtai， SAC identified various infrastructural and military DGZs， including “Population” targets.
