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Need for Enhance Maritime Domain Awareness to Effective Understanding and Analyzing of Threat Perceptions. Open Discussion...

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Anti Smuggling Operations - Maritime Challenges and Security Concerns Maritime Domain can be interpreted as all areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances. Due to its complexity and vastness, Maritime Domain is particularly vulnerable to misuse and disruption by many entities such as individuals, organizations, and nation states. According to the statistics approx. 80 percent of the world’s population lives within 200 miles of the shoreline. Yet the vast majority of people are unaware on the importance of maritime domain and key role played by the shipping industry, which is largely hidden from view. Basically that because of lack of knowledge in that field and nations are not utilizing the available maritime resources effectively. It is observed that commonly there are no any effective mechani...