Databases

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Terrorism landmarks/targets
AIR, with input from its expert terrorism/counterterrorism team, has identified the potential types of targets for possible terrorist attack.

The AIR landmark database contains approximately 300,000 potential targets. Of these, AIR has identified a subset of “trophy targets” that carry a higher threat of a major attack. These include, but are not limited to, high-profile skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, airports, government facilities, tunnels, and bridges.

The primary target types reflect critical infrastructure and key assets:

airports	malls
amusement parks	medical centers
bus terminals	natural gas facilities
casinos	nuclear power plants
chemical plants	oil refineries and tank farms
churches	ports
clinics	post offices
corporate headquarters	prominent buildings
education institutions	railway bridges
electric power facilities	religious landmarks
federal buildings	stadiums and arenas
foreign embassies	state capitols
highway bridges	subway stations
hospitals	train stations
hotels

The AIR landmark database includes a comprehensive set of potential targets.

National exposures
AIR catastrophe models use this database to help government and industry estimate monetary and injury consequences to private property, workers, and residents due to natural catastrophes and terrorist attacks. The database includes the location, replacement value, construction characteristics, workers, and residents of all buildings in the United States — commercial and residential — enabling the model to compute total risk for the nation.

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