INSIDE THE PENTAGON
Explore the US Department of Defense’s headquarters and discover the many high-security areas this iconic building houses
WORDS AILSA HARVEY
I nVirginia, near Washington DC, the headquarters of all the United States’ military defence departments combine to form a super-secure and highly surveilled base. The pentagon-shaped building covers an area of over 500,000 square metres, where 30,000 people work to keep the country safe. Built to withstand almost any attack, the concrete-and-steel structure contains five pentagon-shaped rings within one another and has a total of seven floors, both above and below ground.