As high-profile incidents of piracy become more common off Somalia, strategists have taken to urging the US government to send expeditionary forces ashore. The article uses history and Clausewitzian theory to estimate the nature of the threat and the likely efficacy of a land campaign. Even successful operations would entail costs exceeding the value of the political stakes. For this reason alone, going ashore is inadvisable.
Need to secure the Lakshadweep Islands
While India is augmenting the security of the Lakshadweep islands, implementation of the coastal security scheme on the ground has been slow.