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Places in Devon and Cornwall are listed among key facilities the US describes as vital to national security, according to the Wikileaks website.
The US State Department in February 2009 asked all US missions abroad to list all installations whose loss could critically affect US national security.
The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs.
Among them are: facilities in Plymouth, Devon; as well as sites in Goonhilly Downs and in Bude in Cornwall.
'No precise locations' The US missions were asked to list all installations whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security or national security of the United States.
In Britain the list ranges from Cornwall to Scotland, including key satellite communications sites and the places where trans-Atlantic cables make landfall.
Facilities owned by BAE Systems in the Southway area of Plymouth are included in the list.
A number of BAE Systems plants are involved in joint weapons programmes with the Americans.
In Cornwall, satellite facilities at Goonhilly Downs are listed. Two undersea cable landings in Bude are also mentioned.
Washington said the information could be used by terrorists but Wikileaks said it had not given any precise locations.
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Places in Devon and Cornwall are listed among key facilities the US describes as vital to national security, according to the Wikileaks website.
The US State Department in February 2009 asked all US missions abroad to list all installations whose loss could critically affect US national security.
The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs.
Among them are: facilities in Plymouth, Devon; as well as sites in Goonhilly Downs and in Bude in Cornwall.
'No precise locations' The US missions were asked to list all installations whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security or national security of the United States.
In Britain the list ranges from Cornwall to Scotland, including key satellite communications sites and the places where trans-Atlantic cables make landfall.
Facilities owned by BAE Systems in the Southway area of Plymouth are included in the list.
A number of BAE Systems plants are involved in joint weapons programmes with the Americans.
In Cornwall, satellite facilities at Goonhilly Downs are listed. Two undersea cable landings in Bude are also mentioned.
Washington said the information could be used by terrorists but Wikileaks said it had not given any precise locations.
Article BBC