The bin Laden mission hit all the military musts: quick, well-executed, no casualties. But how does it rate historically? From Entebbe to Iran, The Daily Beast ranks the raids, from first to worst.
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The saying that nothing succeeds like success is perhaps nowhere truer than in the military world of special forces-the elite units that may have months to plan and train for a mission and still experience casualties and total mission failure, or may have a matter of days to prepare, yet complete the mission without a hitch. Succeed, and all that planning was worth it. Fail, and it's an international incident.
Gallery: 13 Most and Least Successful Raids
The secret to a successful raid, according to Major John L. Plaster (ret.), lies in the operational cycle. The operational cycle encompasses the entire process of...
Related story on The Daily Beast: Osama Eulogies: Ayman Zawahiri and al Qaeda Vow Revenge
The saying that nothing succeeds like success is perhaps nowhere truer than in the military world of special forces-the elite units that may have months to plan and train for a mission and still experience casualties and total mission failure, or may have a matter of days to prepare, yet complete the mission without a hitch. Succeed, and all that planning was worth it. Fail, and it's an international incident.
Gallery: 13 Most and Least Successful Raids
The secret to a successful raid, according to Major John L. Plaster (ret.), lies in the operational cycle. The operational cycle encompasses the entire process of...
- 5/13/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
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