>Paragliders are a tool that special operations forces could use in various contexts, especially to infiltrate into denied or otherwise sensitive areas. Hamas terrorists notably used paragliders in their unprecedented surprise attacks on southern Israel last October and North Korean commandos have trained to employ them to infiltrate across the DMZ and attack critical sites.>The paragliding Marine special operators, who were seen using both backpack and tricycle buggy designs, appeared in the skies over Tampa yesterday and again today as part of the capabilities demonstration, or CAPEX, held during the annual SOF Week conference. This looks to be the first time paragliders of any kind have taken part in this event, which has become a yearly tradition in the city.>The ability of Marine special operators to ride into combat on paragliders has been put front and center at an annual show-and-tell event in Tampa. This is part of their toolkit that does not look to have been previously shown publicly. In this particular instance, the scenario also involved the airborne special operations forces hunting down a swarm of enemy drones.APOLOGIZE /k/!: https://www.twz.com/air/marine-special-operations-paragliding-capabilities-emerge-at-tampa-showcase
Mashallah brothers kek
Based, paragliders > paratroopers since large transports are big fat targets for MANPADS and SHORAD. With the former you can take off from literally anywhere.
Now /k/ Will start praising them because the US has started using them
Seems a little tasteless to show that the same year it was used in a terrorist attack
>>61589115/k/ unanimously thought para-hamas was rad as hell. Goofy shit is always gonna be praised
What's the range of these things?
>>61589115its fucking retard its like low flying aircraft in ww1you are vulnerable to rifles and machine guns and you have literally 0 protection at least ww1 planes could stop some rounds
>>61589043>Marine 'special' forcesi'm just gonna go ahead and assume this is psyops to get China to put more effort into paragliders. Imagine China using masses of paragliders to deliver troops across the strait.
>>61589171With a paraglider you can go anywhere.
>>61589043>>61589171>marines >using multicamCryebros.... we won!
>>61589043No more making fun of the Chinese gyrocopter
a bunch of marines saw what Hamas had and wanted it for themselvesseems distinctly useful near Paris Island lol
>>61590182Except that they already have gyrocopters in service
>>61589267>ww1 planes could stop some rounds
>>61589267>at least ww1 planes could stop some roundsIF it hit the engine. Maybe
>>61589043huh? whats with the anti-Semitism i thought we were your greatest ally! Justify yourself burgers !
This can't be real...
>>61589043>one gust of wind means death or a broken spinehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jyc2OYXsI
>>61590198Drones could be here, he thought.
>>61589131It was cool until the millionth thread was spammed
>>61589171Photographer should really clean their gear. Holy shit.
>>61589100>>61589171Based
