At Risk
Here's a sampling of the critical infrastructure across the United States that is vulnerable to terrorist attack.
| 87,000 | food processing plants |
| 5,800 | hospitals |
| 2 billion | miles of telecommunications cable |
| 65,000 | chemical plants |
| 104 | nuclear power plants |
| 460 | skyscrapers |
Source: National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets
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