Chief of Naval Staff Sureesh Mehta gestures as he answers a question during a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, 02 December 2008.Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta told reporters here that it was "a systemic failure" on the part of the security and intelligence establishment that led to the terror strike and promised that the government would come up with an adequate response to the issues raised by the attacks that claimed over 180 lives and left another 300 wounded.

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