Lone Green Berets with no support die in ambush by militants in Niger.

Older video some of yall may have seen already.

A perfect example for why the scalpel is useless without a jackhammer in the other hand.

The obsession with special operations highspeed lowdrag operator type units made popular by gwot propaganda is not only disingenuous bullshit that glosses over these units' overreliance on a massive support system ready to bail them out when the job doesnt go by the numbers (a common occurance) but its also getting guys killed as the brass falls prey to its own propaganda.

The takeaway:

When CAS, QRF, and a bigass multimillion dollar support network isnt a push of button away, an Infantry RifleSquad rolling heavy with beltfeds and HE > highspeed lowdrag operators running around with a carbine and a hilux. I want to carry all the firepower and organic equipment I can to fight my way out of any ambush, not rely on some tenuously assigned air asset or qrf unit several miles away, to bail me out.

#NorthKorea (#DPRK) 🇰🇵: The Korean People's Army (#KPA) recently held an airborne exercise.

The unit seems to be fully armed with 5.45x39mm Type 88-2 assault rifles —which are domestic copies of Russian AK-74 rifles with top-folding stocks.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1769163402134381044