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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Soft targets
After being tipped off by FBI, the home ministry has now alerted Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi and Gujarat asking them to beef up security of all such installations and high-risk individuals - like Narendra Modi and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray - and remain fully vigilant.
The official said states had also been asked to keep watch on soft and potential targets and intensify patrolling, especially at airports, railway stations, bus terminus and hotels. He said the inputs also suggested that terrorists were ‘‘Pashtun-looking’’ and drawn from Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas. A few days before the terrorists’ entry, some of their ‘‘facilitators’’ had visited different cities for recce and to provide information, the official said.
Could you please tell me what they mean by "soft" here?
I guess it means "vulnerable places".
The official said states had also been asked to keep watch on soft and potential targets and intensify patrolling, especially at airports, railway stations, bus terminus and hotels. He said the inputs also suggested that terrorists were ‘‘Pashtun-looking’’ and drawn from Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas. A few days before the terrorists’ entry, some of their ‘‘facilitators’’ had visited different cities for recce and to provide information, the official said.
Could you please tell me what they mean by "soft" here?
I guess it means "vulnerable places".
Top answer
To my understanding a soft target is an easy target. )
- To my understanding a soft target is an easy target.
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To my understanding a soft target is an easy target. (vulnerable, as you say.)
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I'm agree with "vulnerable places". How about "unprotected" It suits with the storyline too
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There are various definitions of "soft" as in "soft target". One of them is "non-military", i.e., civilian. Another is "people", as opposed to buildings, tanks, etc. Another is "easy", as in "easy to deal with", "easy to work with". None of these apply exactly to your quotation, except maybe "non-military".
This is my guess:
States were asked to keep watch on places not usua
This is my guess:
States were asked to keep watch on places not usua
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I agree with Jim, especially as a "hard target" would usually be a military target, or one with "real" military value.
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