America's ‘Achilles Heel’?: Security of US energy infrastructure

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 543 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(02)80060-9

✦ Synopsis

Security of US Energy Infrastructure

America's security may ultimately be more vulnerable to terrorist attacks (as well as technical mishaps or natural disasters) involving its domestic energy supply and particularly its distribution system than as a result of actions of any foreign army. And yet, key energy observers believe that the US energy supply does not need to be insecure, and that it could be made infinitely more