In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information revealed yet by WikiLeaks, that the US considers critical to its national security.

The locations cited in the diplomatic cable from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton range from undersea communications lines to suppliers of food, medicine and manufacturing materials.

The Pentagon declined to comment on the details of what it called “stolen” documents containing classified information. But a spokesman, Colonel David Lapan, called the disclosure “damaging” and said it gives valuable information to the country’s adversaries.

“This is one of many reasons why we believe WikiLeaks’ actions are irresponsible and dangerous,” Col. Lapan said.

In the message, marked “secret”, Ms Clinton asked US diplomatic posts to help update a list of sites around the world “which, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the US”.