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Message: [QUOTE="JBS, post: 44144, member: 106"] Right on, I agree it was well planned. To me, it was a case study in a number of things, namely "hardening" targets of opportunity. Lessons most notable in my opinion: [LIST] [*] - A heavily armed, tactically trained "quick response force" needs to be prepositioned strategically within an acceptable distance of every major city. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]- the "tracks" need to be greased between the various intelligence services and some kind of central information stream where local police can gain special access in times of need to be fed information. In this case, the SIM cards on the terrorists were fed to them by a certain friendly organization. The calls between India and Pakistan were intercepted almost from the beginning. Almost none of this information was relayed to the police- and even if it had, there was likely little they could have done with such information as they were not armed or trained to act upon it. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]-large properties (like high profile hotels) that are likely to be attractive as targets can increase their security, and even follow the example of many U.S. high schools by installing discrete metal detectors in the entry ways. Following the example of banks, bullet proof double doors can be used in series so that heavy metal triggers capture suspects between these doors. Obviously the policy can be refined to fit the threat. A simple mechanism like this could have- and would have- ended this standoff with little bloodshed. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]- Most importantly what was needed in this was a dramatic change of perception on the part of city-going Indian citizens and small, local police forces, similar to that change experienced by Americans after 9/11. That perception needed to go from a condition "white" obliviousness to a state of heightened awareness, recognizing that we are not insulated from the barbarity of the world. On local, individual and organizational levels, they, like every other potentially vulnerable people, need to become aware of their surroundings rather than passing through them lost in thoughts and conversations. [/LIST] Not to digress too far, but it is interesting to reflect upon; we- as a species- have spent 20,000 years evolving into the perfect predator, able to track and take down huge game, tame the most hostile places on earth, and in the process have created our own "concrete jungles". In evolving, we have gone from evading man-eating beasts in ancient times, to walking peaceably on streets of our own design, and back again full circle, having once again to tap into our survival instincts. [/QUOTE]

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