The phrase "a potential terrorist target" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about security, safety, or risk assessments regarding locations or individuals that may be at risk of being attacked by terrorists.
Example: "The government has increased security measures at public events due to concerns that they could be a potential terrorist target."
Alternatives: "a possible terrorist target" or "a likely terrorist target".
But many tenants view the building as a potential terrorist target.
That would reduce the burden on any single location and make each site less of a potential terrorist target.
It's hard to see how you could produce nuclear power, though, without also producing a potential terrorist target — that's just the nature of the beast.
She said she also worried about the air quality, and the proximity to a potential terrorist target like the New York Stock Exchange.
He added that the police have identified the TriBeCa building as a potential terrorist target because of its telecommunications tenants and stored fuel.
City Councilman David Yassky, whose district includes the area, said the 35-year-old facility was no longer appropriate at its current site now that the city is a potential terrorist target.
Obama said the rules in place for killing Americans apply "to all potential terrorist targets".
But the high threshold that we have set for taking lethal action applies to all potential terrorist targets, regardless of whether or not they are American citizens.
But the high threshold that we've set for taking lethal action applies to all potential terrorist targets, regardless of whether or not they are American citizens.
Then Obama says the rules for killing Americans applies "to all potential terrorist targets": Of course, the targeting of any Americans raises constitutional issues that are not present in other strikes – which is why my administration submitted information about Awlaki to the Department of Justice months before Awlaki was killed, and briefed the Congress before this strike as well.
This led to the disastrous decision to locate the center in the World Trade Center, an obvious potential terrorist target.
