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.
2015年12月22日，美国国家档案和记录管理局首次披露了一份详细清单。上面列举了一系列城市的名单，包括苏联、东欧以及中国。这份名单，是美国一旦与苏联交战，美国将进行核打击的所有攻击目标。这份被解密出来的清单被命名为“1959年原子弹需求研究”。
提起我国研制核武器的背景，大家可能非常熟悉，二战末期，美国在日本投下的两颗原子弹加速了战争的结束，从此核武器开始登上制霸军事领域的地位，我国在感慨核武器带来的巨大威慑力的同时，在朝鲜战争、台海危机上遭受到了来自美国不止一次的核威胁，于是为了对付美国这种肆无忌惮的挑衅和威胁，我国开始立志研究自己的核武器。
