The Associated Press has managed to get some details on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. Anonymous sources of course provided the information but it seems legit, and pretty cool. I won't go over the whole thing but I recommend going to the link and reading the article yourself. Some highlights:
- Everyone involved knew if this mission failed they wouldn't get a second shot since Pakistan would be pissed.
- The Blackhawks used were of course modified to decrease the sound they made. These modifications added weight and due to the high than expected temperature caused one of the pilots to lose control of the aircraft and was forced to do a hard landing/crash.
- The Seals, being awesome, of course planned for contingencies and were able to go forward with the mission anyway storming the house and clearing it floor by floor.
- One of the people shot in the compound was a woman who lunged at the Seals. There were two women in the room with Osama who apparently tried to protect him from the 3 Seals who went in after Osama.
- The working dog who went in with the Seals was named Cairo.
In related news, I've been curious if and how intelligence agencies kept an eye on the compound. It's likely there were CIA operatives in the area but what about UAVs? If UAVs were used, how did the US keep the Pakistanis from seeing them on radar and shooting them down? This bad boy was probably used. That's right, a stealth UAV. I want one.
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