There is complete lack of coordination between the local police, Coast Guard and the Navy.
More than 700 Indian boats are in Pakistan's custody. More than 250 Indian fishing boats captured by Pakistani Marines have already been auctioned off to various people in Pakistan — any one of them could stage a 26/ 11- type attack using the country's porous coastline to sneak in on boats that'll be impossible to separate from the rest.
The National Security Guards (NSG) was set up to deal with urban terrorists only.
West Bengal governor and former National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan says NSG was never designed to tackle tasks like 26/11 attacks.
Though Maharashtra has already made a beginning by creating its Force One, it does not yet have the kind of training levels to be able to deal with another challenge such as 26/ 11.
One big gap in the country's ability to track terrorist groups lies in the internet. During the 26/ 11 attack, the( LeT) used VOIP technology to communicate. Indian intelligence agencies had the last- mile mobile numbers to which the calls were made and they were able to track the operation.
Mobile phone rules require providers to establish interception facilities. But the problem with VOIP is the technology itself.
There have been claims made by software specialists about their ability to tap VOIP conversations, but says an intelligence officer, “ we're yet to see technology which is really effective”.
The National Counter Terrorism Centre ( NCTC) has come a cropper. Former home minister P. Chidambaram's dream project seems to be as much a victim of politics as the over- reach of its supporters.
Four years after the grand design to have a National Intelligence Grid ( NATGRID), a database of all the intelligence, the mechanism is still not fully operational. But the biggest handicap is the poor intelligence networks of state police forces and their coordination with the central intelligence agencies.
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