Saturday, November 29, 2008

Akshardham.


This is coolbert:

"they are 14th century warriors fighting a 21st century war,"

Read the entire episode of a previous Black Cat anti-terrorist operation. From 2002. Successfully concluded - - two terrorists being hunted and brought to a final end, but only after much difficulty.

"TEMPLE CARNAGE: Terrorist Attack in Akshardham"

"The shoot out and the hunt continued sporadically through the night. The terrorists became desperate at the daybreak. The firing reached a feverish pitch. At around 6:45am, the Black Cat commandos ended the 14 hour long ordeal by shooting the two terrorists hiding in the bushes"

A battle raging on/and/off for fourteen hours, within a twenty-three acre compound, two terrorists against the security forces, including the Black Cat unit. People will ask, "what took the commandos so long to get the villains!!??" These operations are never easy!!?? Always fraught with great danger and travail. NO TWO situations are the same.

And, those 14th century warriors fighting a 21st century war!!?? Read this comment by one of the Black Cat commanders:

"The team sent to Akshardham, for instance, was armed and ready within 15 minutes. It is another matter that it took 1½ hours for them to reach the airport through rush hour traffic in Delhi. (There is a small helipad at Manesar, but no helicopters). As one officer explains with a touch of sadness, 'What we needed at Akshardham were strobe lights, so we wouldn't have to wait for the morning light. There is equipment available - digital scans, thermal scans, even dogs equipped with cameras'"

BLACK CAT DOES NOT HAVE ORGANIC AERIAL LIFT CAPABILITY!! CANNOT REACH PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FROM HOME BASES UNLESS SUPPORT IS PROVIDED. THIS IS A TERRIBLE WEAKNESS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THE BLACK CAT TROOPS ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH SOPHISTICATED GEAR AS NORMALLY CARRIED BY OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS ANTI-TERRORIST UNITS!! Night-vision, infra-red illuminators and goggles, etc.

Hey, no one said this was going to be easy.

One could also suggest - - that it is not the gun - - but rather the man behind the gun that counts. Team work, tactics, practice, skill, are all to be preferred over technology!!??

coolbert.

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