No parachutes.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Fast-rope descents are increasingly used around the world by military forces, and while it may look simple it actually requires extensive training as there is no safety line to prevent a solider from falling.
Last week during the Friendship 2020 joint military drills, Russian and Pakistani paratroopers took part in a unique airborne assault training exercise. What made this particular drill notable is that the paratroopers didn’t actually use parachutes, but instead practiced a fast-rope technique from helicopters that hovered high above the ground.
“The servicemen of Russia and Pakistan practiced the tactic of parachute-free landing from domestically-made helicopters as part of the joint Russian-Pakistani military exercise Friendship 2020,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement, reported by Tass.
so, the guys outside the compound had to blow open a gate in order to enter the compound. those who were in the chopper that had crash-landed inside the compound just began moving toward the targets that they had planned to hit. there s a door on the corner of the wall. we went up to that. one of the breachers put a big bomb on it, blasted it, and it opened sort of like a tin can, and there s a brick wall behind it. the breacher said, failed breach. this is bad. and i remember thinking, no, this is good. that s a fake door. someone important is in this house. now, we still didn t know that the helicopter had crashed. so, we announced, cause we think they re flying around, hey, we re gonna blast the main carport, letting them know because they re gonna be fast-roping in. we don t want to blow something up when the helicopter s hovering. but then we hear over the radio, we ll just open it for you. and we re like, what s that mean? and the door opens, and a thumb comes out,