How is it possible for someone to board a train with kerosine? If there is basic form of security instilled then these kind of breaches is easily avoidable. C'mon now dont give reasons that they had a impenetrable plan -- of course they planned it and the objective of security is to ensure they toil away these plans. I see two reasons for repeatability of such incidents
1. Ignorance - Ignorance is not a bliss. I cannot stress the importance of the word education. Ignorance needs to be rooted out by educating people responsible for security to think like terrorists. I understand its easier said than done, but c'mon its their job and they need to know how to do it. This is not about education of the elite officials but every single personnel who have taken oath to guard our country directly or indirectly. I am sure most of us will not be surprised if the terrorists sneaked in these ingredients by bribing someone a few hundred rupees at the best.
2. Discipline - the discipline of following a protocol is so important. I am positive that the measures taken to counter the terrorists are pretty robust. But these measures unless instilled to repeat itself with the same efficiency will not be successful.
There were several instances that I could have walked through the security in the international airports in Mumbai and other cities. This made me wonder how good are we at trying to foil the attacks. Its not the security officers do not know how to do the job or that they dont want to do it. Its just that they dont repeat it with the same efficiency with every individual being scrutinized.
Discipline to follow the protocol, the rewards associated with it and the dangerous of not following should be brain dumped into these officials. I am sure that this would, if not eliminate, reduce the occurrences of such inhumane attacks in the future.
