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India gears up for terror from seas

NEW DELHI: Terrorists trained like marine commandos to dive and slip through harbour protection systems could one day unleash havoc by planting underwater bombs or mines at a major port. This is no longer in the realm of fiction in the backdrop of the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai as well as last months Taliban attack on Mehran naval airbase in Karachi, both of which involved some training of the jihadis by Pakistani marine commandos. To tackle such threats, India is now also going in for a major upgrade of its harbour protection systems (HPSs) at the naval bases in Mumbai, Vizag, Karwar, Kochi and Port Blair, along with the ongoing security audit of ports, airfields, naval facilities, offshore installations and the like.

                                                                                                               
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