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.
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 Mumbai attack created an oft-repeated blueprint of terror where a small group of assassins attacks an open urban space, a scenario counter-terrorism authorities prepared for internationally. 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.