Vulnerability analysis

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AIRPORT VULNERABILITY

The focal point of this is to assess the vulnerability of public communication system such as airport . It should be stated that after the 9 /11 incident of 2001 the authorities have been very alert in this context but much is yet to be done to control the loopholes of administrations and securities

Terrorism , especially Islamic terrorism lately has been regarded as the most outrageous menace of the civilized and modern . In one hand the Islamic fundamentalist groups or organizations

like Al-Qaeda are operating at merciless precision against the whole of western civilization , specifically the United States and on the other hand there are organizations like Laskar-e-Toiba who are determined to establish a reign of terror against the largest democratic states

Thus it is more important for countries like United States and United Kingdoms to formulate a substantial strategy to counter terrorism in the most effective manner possible . It should be remembered that the disaster of 9 /11 took place when the terrorists took advantage of the American social way of life where the number of domestic frequent fliers are high enough to suffer a low security system . The same is true about London underground rail blast . In both the cases the terrorists took advantage of the counties ' way of social life and it would be impossible to alter this way of life putting security as an alibi where the menace is basically organized by a fundamentalist motive . No country should rupture ever under such motives (Kar , 2006

To make the country 's airports completely full proofed the authority must look into various aspects that could otherwise be regarded as unconventional . The first aspect is the issue of Forged documents and counterfeit currency : To negotiate these and to control probable and further infiltrations the authorities must make it absolutely necessary to double check each and every document under double scrutiny that are put forward by any individual of religion other than Christianity both at the entrance and exit points of the airports . This may appear a bit of racist statement but under the perception of national security this measure should be taken into account . The primary reason of eliminating Christians from this scrutiny is the information that hardly any person of this belief has ever been found involved with fundamentalist Islamic activities . Secondly , eliminating the Christians would ensure a faster mean of scrutiny as , and logically enough , the majority of the demography of United States are Christians . But why not eliminate Hindus , Shiks and Buddhists from this schedule ? This is because it would be very difficult for security personnel to identify Hindus , Shiks and Buddhist apart from that of an Islamic militant and it is not possible to teach each and every security personnel the basic differences of religion (Lamb , 2004

Apartments and hiding places in the vicinity of the Airports should also be taken into consideration while looking into the issue of airport vulnerability . To counter this issuing a social...