tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post1385339170336370632..comments2024-03-14T06:10:14.591-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: BROADSWORD QUIZ (Level "Difficult"): So how did Uncle Sam take down bin Laden?Broadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-85952458753186895172011-05-24T03:48:35.836-07:002011-05-24T03:48:35.836-07:00i guess shukla ji is waiting for OBL to come in hi...i guess shukla ji is waiting for OBL to come in his dream and tell him how it was done!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-8404875219350019242011-05-23T06:52:06.770-07:002011-05-23T06:52:06.770-07:00Osama will shortly join Mamatadi's cabinet as ...Osama will shortly join Mamatadi's cabinet as an advisor on land reclamation.Ashfaq Kayaninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3608390870290025622011-05-19T15:23:14.343-07:002011-05-19T15:23:14.343-07:00Guess,
Its time for the answer Mr Shukla.
Cheers...Guess, <br />Its time for the answer Mr Shukla.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />BharathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-33691241647476915562011-05-19T15:07:08.236-07:002011-05-19T15:07:08.236-07:00shukla jo aur kitne din lagenge aapko?shukla jo aur kitne din lagenge aapko?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-39373788431232105842011-05-17T04:20:58.002-07:002011-05-17T04:20:58.002-07:00Shaktiman killed OBL and at the end just like in I...Shaktiman killed OBL and at the end just like in Indian cinema the Navy seals came in place of police!!!Shaktimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-21848834891509961982011-05-16T10:34:18.482-07:002011-05-16T10:34:18.482-07:00did u forget about it?did u forget about it?Int64https://www.blogger.com/profile/01823375639414441710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-87406235800866692702011-05-15T06:05:24.004-07:002011-05-15T06:05:24.004-07:00shukla ji you truly emulate Indian politicians! it...shukla ji you truly emulate Indian politicians! it's been 10 days and yet no story from you.<br />I guess you want people to forget about this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-15774031456451767192011-05-14T17:38:33.071-07:002011-05-14T17:38:33.071-07:00Hi,
Obama orders navy seals to capture and bring ...Hi,<br /><br />Obama orders navy seals to capture and bring him back to Afghanistan alive. This would give USA a chance to tell the world that they captured OBL in Afghanistan, minimize the relationship damage with Pakistan and a prefect pretext to get out of Afghanistan with honor. To his horror, when the navy seal went with 2 helicopters, one was taken down. To back the existing helicopter, 2 more helis were sent. Meanwhile, a decision is taken in the presidential office to kill to OBL, so minimize Pakistan chance to screw the plan. All in all, the mission was not successful where navy seals executed plan B, it also gave USA one more headache of destroying the downed heli and a very good chance of jeopardizing USA/Pakistan relationship. Again, its a major screw up!!<br /><br />Bharath, BangaloreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18499662238188658342011-05-12T07:28:19.806-07:002011-05-12T07:28:19.806-07:00Hi,
President orders the seals to capture OBL ali...Hi,<br /><br />President orders the seals to capture OBL alive and bring hm back to Afghanistan. The operation was supposed to be secret/clandestine. To ensure navy seals safe exit, additional 2 helicopters are later sent to aid the already 2 executing operation OBL in abbotabad. If the operation is successful, then USA would later convey to the world that OBL is captured in Afghanistan and tell the world that operation Afghanistan is over for USA and bring back the soldiers. The idea was also not the expose Pakistan double standards to the world. However, the operation was not totally successful and to make it clear, it was a horror, with one navy seal helicopter downed, and the possibility of Pakistan air force acting quick to the downed helicopter, navy seals are directed to kill OSL in abbotabad. To add fuel, Obama now had ruined a perfect exit strategy from Afghanistan and Pakistan double standards are also exposed. This means, Pakistan would go crazy diplomatically which it did and the relationship would take a hit for a while, which it has. <br /><br />Cheers,<br />BharathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-9129336756965351842011-05-11T19:09:37.868-07:002011-05-11T19:09:37.868-07:00Osama died some time back on his own probably. Wou...Osama died some time back on his own probably. Would've been futile to acknowledge his death as such then as would not have been able to pursue many other 'targets' (people & geo politik). Wait for an appropriate moment to announce his execution and kill several birds without throwing a stone!Lalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694743073888868528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-66331200643205327062011-05-11T10:22:54.969-07:002011-05-11T10:22:54.969-07:00Ajai needs to come up with a story better than tha...Ajai needs to come up with a story better than that posted by Anonymous 15:156; 7th May.<br /><br /><br />The story wins hands down.... anything posted by ajai is also fictional and I am sure it cannot beat the story already postedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-27765994579950945522011-05-11T03:52:34.657-07:002011-05-11T03:52:34.657-07:00how many days do you need more to cook up a new st...how many days do you need more to cook up a new story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-74814829308165310862011-05-10T05:59:01.930-07:002011-05-10T05:59:01.930-07:00The only theory I have is WRT "the stealth he...The only theory I have is WRT "the stealth helicoptor". I think they used regular black hawks, but to give cover to PAK, they made up a model of a stealth heli and purposely semi destroy it. Thus PAK can say that yanks came in a stealth heli and we did not see it. While in reality, the only assistance from PAK was the OK to use their air-space. That's all. I cannot imagine that during a 40 min operation, not a single chopper or a vehicle from the PAK military school or local police force even bothered to show-up. So, in my opinion allowing the US to use the air space was the only cooperation from PAK, and use of a face stealth helicopter was to provide cover to the PAK govt. Other than that, there were bullets flying, mostly from US Seals, that killed 4 persons at the Osama Home, including Osama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73262902595478360202011-05-09T19:06:27.569-07:002011-05-09T19:06:27.569-07:00@ anon 21:36
He was on the one that went down.@ anon 21:36<br /><br />He was on the one that went down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71878914049394156602011-05-09T10:51:37.801-07:002011-05-09T10:51:37.801-07:00bam bam
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or could it be the VSTOL f...bam bam<br /><br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br /><br /><br />or could it be the VSTOL fighter from Boeing hellinagnishantak47!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-55112244899394612282011-05-08T09:06:07.606-07:002011-05-08T09:06:07.606-07:00Shuklaji, which helicopter were you on?Shuklaji, which helicopter were you on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-58572269679893883582011-05-08T08:35:16.303-07:002011-05-08T08:35:16.303-07:00Put two lead pieces... into OBL's Head... The...Put two lead pieces... into OBL's Head... There finishes... the the job... Nothing More... Nothing Less... OBL Down...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-75430184533056288612011-05-08T01:28:08.800-07:002011-05-08T01:28:08.800-07:00rampant cynicismrampant cynicismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-77178746072270955562011-05-07T23:48:04.033-07:002011-05-07T23:48:04.033-07:00US could have employed "Suter air borne netwo...US could have employed "Suter air borne network" to silence Pakistan's electronic systems. To evade the human eyes they chose a full dark night, used MH-60k stealth helicopters and shut the electric grid 1 hour before the operation.<br />The steps might be :<br />1. Locate the possible radar locations from remote control center.<br />2. Direct the Suter to send false signals or corrupt the electronic systems and conduct a reco to verify if it is working. No wonder India should have its own radar system.<br />3. If possible hijack and take control of the ADS so that radars are turned away while the black hawks are going in. So there will be no records.<br />4. Have traditional weapons as back-up if Suter fails. Some where F-16/F-15E would've been ready to pounce. Confirmed by the US press release.<br />5. Looks like Suter should have numbed/corrupted/hijacked the systems that process signals received from Chinese Satellites guarding the army/ISI town. <br />6. Employ NOE to reach the target.<br />7. In-spite of all the pre-cautions a PAK defense personal would've called. Sensing that US hurried out of the location. As US used stealth helos PAK F-16S could've missed them. <br />8. Black hawks safely enter into Jalalabad and transport dead OBL to USS Carl Vinson.Ramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-36259883710630974672011-05-07T23:38:42.129-07:002011-05-07T23:38:42.129-07:00Lots of luck and a series of welcome breaks as hap...Lots of luck and a series of welcome breaks as happens in all military operations. You would be familiar with what I'am saying. Good intel, meticulous planning and rigorous training - all come to a nought without good fortune.JB Singhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-55785914863090704882011-05-07T21:12:25.395-07:002011-05-07T21:12:25.395-07:00Srinagar is just 100 mi from Abbotabad. Did our In...Srinagar is just 100 mi from Abbotabad. Did our Indian radars pick any signal? If not then we're no better than Pak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38176274585643837082011-05-07T20:50:46.683-07:002011-05-07T20:50:46.683-07:00I am not sure that OBL is dead. I am sure US would...I am not sure that OBL is dead. I am sure US would want to interrogate him, and find out as much as possible from him. He could very well be in US custody. Nobody has seen the footage of OBL being shot OR the photos of dead OBL. Even Saddam Hussain was captured and not killed.<br /><br />Everybody knows that Pak has harboured OBL for quite some time, so it is not that damaging for Pak to be seen as harbouring terrorists. What is damaging to Pak is the fact that people there don't like this war-on-terror. Its a much bigger headache for Pak establishment to be seen complicit in the killing of OBL. <br /><br />I am sure Pak govt secretly acquiesced to trading OBL. Thats why the choppers could come in without any problem. All we have seen is the wreckage of the tail-section of a so called modified black-hawk. It could have been planted there to make the world believe that the seals came in a stealth chopper... The scrambling of F-16s, as the Pak govt says was done, could also have been to create this very impression...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-48678936241906544132011-05-07T19:36:49.071-07:002011-05-07T19:36:49.071-07:00I think everybody who follows strategic news knows...I think everybody who follows strategic news knows that Pakistan treats the Islamic militants as its strategic assets and OBL was truly its golden goose as because of him Pakistan was getting billions of dollars worth of aid (freebies) every year. OBL was kept in one of ISI's safehouses in one of their least vulnerable towns with good medical facilities as there was speculation that OBL has been ailing for a while and needed routine dialysis. Abbottabad was a very suitable town considering it had a big military cantonment so he was housed within the cantonment area within a few blocks of military compound. They do the same to other high ranking members of D-Company, Taliban Shura and in the past have only handed over some of them whom they think of as no longer useful to them in return for some concessions or aid from US. The complication of this is that ISI can not confirm that they indeed were actively sheltering OBL in a safe house under active protection, and if they did then it only not only make them a rogue organization of a pariah state but would also make them look even more incompetent among their own people. <br /><br />Having known this, all it needed was to find out where would OBL be kept which is in a safe area, away from the border and has good medical facilities. This was wonderfully done by US intelligence and helped them narrow it down. <br /><br />An alive OBL rather than a dead one would be a treasure trove of information about Taliban and the rogue Pakistan Intelligence and it is safe to assume that there are ways to get even the last ounce of information from somebody even if the person in question doesn't want to share it. So it doesn't make sense to kill him. I think once they had found the target in place, their objective was not to kill OBL but to capture him while at the same time making sure that everybody in the house who was to be left alive should get the distinct impression that OBL was killed/executed in front of their eyes while in reality he was being captured. Once the inmates of the house are convinced that OBL was executed in front of their eyes, rest of the world will buy it as well even if US doesn't produce OBL's body. They did it very efficiently and quickly while killing all the adult males living within the compound and making sure that one of the OBL's children sees that OBL was being executed. Once it was done, they whisked away a tranquillized OBL to Afghanistan where he is being kept. Flying him to Arabian sea would have required them to fly again over Pakistan's airspace which was very risky until the news of OBL's death (capture) breaks out. A dummy funeral service of OBL was indeed held on US warship, as when you tie all the lose ends you tend to do it well or do not do it. <br /><br />So in a nutshell, we will not know for a few years (or maybe never) if OBL was captured alive or dead and would probably be executed and buried incognito in an unmarked grave once he spills all the beans. OBL is a dead man walking and his funeral has already been performed in the Arabian sea. Wonderful peace of spywork and it doesn't get better than this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-66953292281126115282011-05-07T17:26:43.188-07:002011-05-07T17:26:43.188-07:00Don't waste your energy. Here's mine in 76...Don't waste your energy. Here's mine in 76 characters.<br />http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/the_raid_on_osama_bin_ladens_h.html.<br />Tanks but no tanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59553425407512073572011-05-07T12:45:44.702-07:002011-05-07T12:45:44.702-07:00apparently these disgruntled ex colonels of the In...apparently these disgruntled ex colonels of the Indian Army know more than U.S. Senators these days. We're all ears.Jaywantnoreply@blogger.com