Just a few questions I'd love answers to...
1. Why do Navy SEALs trace their ancestory to UDT instead of Navy Scouts and Raiders?
2. Why did JSOC choose to go with the 160th instead of AFSOC?
(a)
Is it because AFSOC chose the wrong platform? (CV-22 instead of
MH-47)
(b) Does this indicate that the 160th is considered a higher
tiered unit?
(c) How have they been able to keep a top secret
aircraft under wraps in the middle of Kentucky?
3. What was the backup
force? Army Rangers? More SEALs?
4. How did SEAL Team 6 get the mission instead of DELTA?
5. What has DELTA been doing? SEAL TEAM 6 has been all over the news lately...what are the other Supermen in the DoD doing.
6. Was a package of fast movers available to provide assistance? How many, what type, what branch?
7.
How big a force was the SEALs thought capable of engaging? If a
platoon of terrorist were inside the compound...detected 10 minutes
before landing would that have scrubbed the mission?
8. Is it
common for the President to personally observe these type missions? I'm
fairly certain that they've thought that they had "him" before.
9.
What other assets were dedicated to this mission? A commenter on ARES
suggests that jammer aircraft, command and control platforms etc were
assisting. Is this true? If so then why is that considered a secret?
10.
Once it was determined that the helicopter was not completely
destroyed, why wasn't an airstrike called in to finish the job. Could
the remnants give clues to our enemies about our classified aircraft?
11. Who was in control of this mission? JSOC? Central Command? CIA? Or was it run out of the Sec of Defense's office?
Just a few quick questions. If you have more then send them my way.
What was the contingency of engaged by Pakistani aircraft attempting to intercept our helos? would we have defended them using fighter aircraft or scrubbed?
ReplyDeleteFrom the mutterings of people at SOCOM, it was a JSOC op. Centcom was able to provide some analysis support prior to, but I am not sure if they provided anything during (or live).
ReplyDeleteI have another question to add (if it's been posted somewhere, I haven't seen it), I understood this to be a 4 helo op with two stealthy PAVE Hawks and two MH-47E/Gs. If this is the case, why bother using stealthy 'Hawks?
I just finished reading Ugo Crisponi's analysis, which seems completely logical.
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What I think are answers to the questions. Correct me if I'm mistaken!
ReplyDelete1. The original two SEAL teams were created in the early 60's from members of the UDT teams. The other groups got disbanded or folded into the UDT after WW2.
2. I think it was A. The only asset AFSOC has they could use was the CV-22 and how many of those are there? They might not have been able to tie down enough for this op while handling all the other missions.
4. According to one blogger, Delta does Iraq and Team 6 does Afghanistan.
5. Probably keeping busy. As they say, you generally only hear about missions that are disasters. The successful ones you don't.
7. Good question... I think these guys know there limitations enough to be able to say when they can't do something. With speed, surprise, and firepower it might carry them through a lot of things.
9. According to the New York Slimes, the CIA had some people watching the compound from a nearby building. Never got a confirmed Bin Laden sighting though.
10. The pictures of what was left on the other side of the wall from the tail rotor shows lots of burnt little pieces.