The notorious WikiLeaks site released Monday a long list of key facilities around the world, deemed by the US State Department vital to national security, BBC reports.

In February 2009, the State Department asked all US missions abroad to list all installations, such as pipelines, communication and transport hubs, whose loss could critically affect US national security. But the list includes some more unusual sites such as a cobalt mine in Congo, an anti-snake venom factory in Australia and an insulin plant in Denmark

According to BBC, this is probably the most controversial document yet from Wikileaks because the definition of US national security revealed by the cable is broad and all embracing.

The geographical range of the document is very extensive, however, some locations are given unique billing. The Nadym gas pipeline junction in western Siberia, a crucial transit point for Russian gas heading for western Europe, for example, is described as "the most critical gas facility in the world".

The cable contains a simple listing. In many cases towns are noted as the location but not actual street addresses and there are no details of security measures at any of the listed sites, making the document not a major security breach. Despite that there are fears it might be of use to a terrorist and prompt potential attackers to look at a broader range of targets, especially given that the US authorities classify them as being so important.

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