List of US defensible targets

This list provides a possible identification of major US landmarks & facilities, considered to be potential terrorist targets. See also Homeland Security and United States Department of Homeland Security.
New York City
* the Empire State Building
* Statue of Liberty monument
* Ground Zero, location of former World Trade Center.
* Wall Street
* the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
* Rockefeller Center
* Times Square
* other notable/ tall buildings eg. Chrysler Building, Seagram Building, F.A.O. Schwarz.
* the Brooklyn Bridge
* Grand Central Station
* the Lincoln Tunnel, also Brooklyn-Battery and Holland tunnels
* the United Nations
* the Guggenheim Museum
* major events: the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New Year's Eve celebrations, major sports events.
* alternative lifestyles or Jewish populations/ centers in NY.
* John F Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia airport.
Washington, DC
* the Capitol
* the Lincoln Monument
* White House
* FBI Headquarters
* the Beltway expressway
State of Virginia
* the Pentagon
* CIA Headquarters.
San Francisco
* Golden Gate Bridge
* Haight-Ashbury district
* alternative lifestyles in San Francisco; Castro district.
Los Angeles
* Disneyland
* Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
* Rodeo Drive shopping area and 90210 district
* Hollywood sign
* Universal Studios
State of Florida
* Miami Harbor and port -- point of entry/ attack
* Florida Keys -- point of entry
* Florida Disneyworld
* alternative lifestyles in Miami; centers/premises frequented by gay people.
State of New York
* Niagara Falls
State of Texas
* Galveston, Texas industrial & petrochemical facilities.
Chicago
* Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
* the Loop.
Educational Institutions
* Princeton
* Yale
* Harvard
* MIT
* West Point officer training academy.
Industrial, Chemical & Petrochemical Facilities
* major chemical plants and concentrations of such; as found in Galveston, TX and Mobile, IN areas.
* major petrochemical facilities and concentrations.
* concentrations generally, of major facilities;
* or located near to urban areas.
Ports
* major industrial ports; such as above.
* major point-of-entry ports; Port of Oakland, CA.
* ports with limited access control/ preemption. (Port of Miami)
* Pearl Harbor and monument to wreck of USS Arizona.
Petroleum & Fuel Infrastructure
* petrol & fuel tanker trucks. (similar conceptually to use of planes, in Twin Towers attack)
* gas stations.
* petroleum, LPG & fuel storage.
* oil, LPG, LNG, or petroleum tanker ships.
Power & Nuclear Facilities
* Nuclear Power plants in general
* major hydroelectric dams; notably Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam.
* Northeastern Seaboard power grid & switching facilities.
Highway/ Mobile
* Northeastern population centres or LA area, most obvious;
* defend against 'dispersal' type attack.
Tourist Locations
* popular/ volume tourist locations, outside the continental US;
* such as Tijuana, Mexico and Acapulco;
* Puerto Rico
* and Hawaii.

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