Thursday, December 04, 2014

The strangest SEAL mission capability that you never heard of...



What is a SADM?
This amazing declassified film shows a Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) being parachute jumped by a U.S. Navy SEAL/UDT frogman with fins from a low-performance CH-46 SeaKnight helicopter and a high-performance P-5M Marlin ASW/maritime patrol seaplane.
So a few decades ago, Navy SEALs/UDTs were tasked with jumping out of aircraft with Special Atomic Demolition Munitions!

The question that no one wants to ask is simple.  Are they still tasked with this today?