MODE OF ATTACK

CHARACTERISTICS

PRESENT DEFENSE

Commando-style by land

·       Could involve heavy weapons/sophisticated tactics

·       Attack requiring substantial planning and resources

Alarms; fences; guards lightly-armed, undermanned, under-trained; offsite backup

may take too long to arrive and have not practiced coordinated drills with on-site security

Commando-style by water

·       Could involve heavy weapons/sophisticated tactics

·       Could target intake canal

·       Attack may be planned to coordinate with a land attack

500 yard no entry zone – marked by buoys – simply, “no trespassing” signs

Periodic Coast Guard surveillance by boat or plane

Land-vehicle bomb

·       Readily obtainable

·       Highly destructive if detonated at target

Vehicle barriers at entry points to Protected Area

Anti-tank missile

·       Readily obtainable

·       Highly destructive at point impact

None if missile launched from offsite

Commercial aircraft

·       More difficult to obtain than pre-9/11

·       Can destroy larger, softer targets

None

Explosive-laden smaller aircraft

·       Readily attainable

·       Can destroy smaller, harder targets

None

10-kilotonne nuclear weapon

·       Difficult to obtain

·       Assured destruction if detonated at target

None