Operational experiences for maritime homeland security operations

As global communities learn to operate within a world of tensions, there is an increased need to redefine security measures and develop more advanced methods of defense. Increasing measures are being taken to ensure underwater soft targets are controlled and secure to eliminate limitless destruction. Terrorist organizations now have the ability to develop, procure and deploy mines and/or underwater, improvised explosive devices. Technology such as unmanned underwater systems, situational awareness and sensor fusion software, and diver-held search systems are enabling change detection operations and diver detection; while ship hull inspection systems have been operationally demonstrated to mitigate against attacks on soft targets.