The Melbourne CBD is even more vulnerable than Mumbai and Paris to jihadi swarming attacks
by Ganesh Sahathevan
In a 2015 article this writer described how swarming attacks like those seen in Mumbai and Paris could easily happen in Australia, and why the armed forces are best placed to deal with that threat.
Consequently and as a result of a recent excursion trough the streets and alleyways of Melbourne this writer has come to realize that the Melbourne CBD provides an especially suited environment for such an attack.
To begin with , the CBD (see picture below) is neatly divided into square grids which makes identifying and planning insertion , execution, extraction and recovery zones easy, or at least easier compared to say Mumbai.Then,the squares are inter-connected in many different ways, which enables the use of different modes of transport.One could easily imagine a combination of trucks and scrambler motorbikes being used for the insertion of attackers who could then proceed on foot,very easily picking off targets without hindrance given the density of people in the lanes,which in some places extend into the shopping and entertainment precincts
Surrounding the grid are the main roads which have convenient entry and exit points that can be blocked-of with quite easily, thus entrapping all those in the grid, and keeping assistance out.
Open spaces for aerial insertion of troops and medics are few and easily identifiable, and readily booby trapped.
As this writer discovered, doing the ground work for such an attack is quite easy.Melbourne police are so obliging that one could walk the streets for days taking notes and pictures without being bothered in any way, even when dressed in black track suit ,sneakers and carrying a military issue side bag.
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In a 2015 article this writer described how swarming attacks like those seen in Mumbai and Paris could easily happen in Australia, and why the armed forces are best placed to deal with that threat.
Consequently and as a result of a recent excursion trough the streets and alleyways of Melbourne this writer has come to realize that the Melbourne CBD provides an especially suited environment for such an attack.
To begin with , the CBD (see picture below) is neatly divided into square grids which makes identifying and planning insertion , execution, extraction and recovery zones easy, or at least easier compared to say Mumbai.Then,the squares are inter-connected in many different ways, which enables the use of different modes of transport.One could easily imagine a combination of trucks and scrambler motorbikes being used for the insertion of attackers who could then proceed on foot,very easily picking off targets without hindrance given the density of people in the lanes,which in some places extend into the shopping and entertainment precincts
Surrounding the grid are the main roads which have convenient entry and exit points that can be blocked-of with quite easily, thus entrapping all those in the grid, and keeping assistance out.
Open spaces for aerial insertion of troops and medics are few and easily identifiable, and readily booby trapped.
As this writer discovered, doing the ground work for such an attack is quite easy.Melbourne police are so obliging that one could walk the streets for days taking notes and pictures without being bothered in any way, even when dressed in black track suit ,sneakers and carrying a military issue side bag.
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