In the decade since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was conducted by boat, India has stepped up its maritime security, boosted its emergency services, and commissioned 100 warships and technology upgrades, including undersea sensors. The Indian Navy is also developing a new generation of submarines that will be able to operate in deep waters for extended periods without refueling. Though the two sides have made modest progress on trade and other low-hanging fruit over the last decade, bilateral ties have . The risk of this kind of attack has fallen with the decline of ISIS and al-Qaeda, but its simplicity means the risk is omnipresent, as a simple attack on a mundane public place is almost impossible to prevent.
In the decade since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was conducted by boat, India has stepped up its maritime security, boosted its emergency services, and commissioned 100 warships and technology upgrades, including undersea sensors. The Indian Navy is also developing a new generation of submarines that will be able to operate in deep waters for extended periods without refueling. The risk of this kind of attack has fallen with the decline of ISIS and al-Qaeda, but its simplicity means the risk is omnipresent, as a simple attack on a mundane public place is almost impossible to prevent.