I really can not conceive of a line of thought that would lead to a nighttime exercise from helos flown low down a very highly developed urban thoroughfare with training flashbangs (the explosions) and troops running in and out of buildings with bio gear on.
The risk-reward for catastrophe vs training value is way way way too heavily skewed toward catastrophe to have any value in actual training.
and, there are built-up urban warfare centers on military bases just for that sort of thing.
Also, as a former 0351, I'm guessing those were not "flashbangs". Forced entry for the win!
I'm with you fren, there is no way a training exercise takes place in a live urban environment in the middle of a city at night with live explosions and heli's, bio suited spec ops teams.
The lack of nav lights, landing lights, anti colls, even roads blocked off not to mention the fact that multiple heli's carrying out confined landings on a street means this was real. That shit can go very wrong very quickly unless necessary.
Plenty of places to practice these insertions and exfil drills without going into a city.
I really can not conceive of a line of thought that would lead to a nighttime exercise from helos flown low down a very highly developed urban thoroughfare with training flashbangs (the explosions) and troops running in and out of buildings with bio gear on.
The risk-reward for catastrophe vs training value is way way way too heavily skewed toward catastrophe to have any value in actual training.
and, there are built-up urban warfare centers on military bases just for that sort of thing.
Also, as a former 0351, I'm guessing those were not "flashbangs". Forced entry for the win!
I'm with you fren, there is no way a training exercise takes place in a live urban environment in the middle of a city at night with live explosions and heli's, bio suited spec ops teams.
The lack of nav lights, landing lights, anti colls, even roads blocked off not to mention the fact that multiple heli's carrying out confined landings on a street means this was real. That shit can go very wrong very quickly unless necessary.
Plenty of places to practice these insertions and exfil drills without going into a city.
They'd probably mark out distances and buildings with tape for training.
And also a day time recce to mark out obstacles, towers, masts etc.