Original sentence: Critics of a terrorist attack at Indian Point claim that commercial nuclear power plants are the best protected civilian sites in the U.The United States military is currently tasked with that reponsibility of defending Indian Point.They note that are many more dangerous chemical plants, also located near large metropolitan areas, that do not have the same security standards
Edited sentence: Commercial nuclear power plants are the best protected civilian sites in the US.Many more chemical plants located near large metropolitan areas, with the capability to cause greater loss of life, are not protected at all.Professional pilots with thousands of hours in the air have expressed their doubt about being able to fly a jet aircraft into such a small target.Since none of the operating nuclear power plants in the USA are designed to fend off armed terrorists, the US military is tasked with that reponsibility.The likelihood of an unskilled pilot to fly a plane into the containment structure at Indian Point 2 is considered extremely unlikely given that almost 50% of the structure is surrounded by earth and bedrock.The plants have shown that their concrete containment buildings could withstand a direct hit from a jet aircraft