Drones And Special-Ops Is The Future Of The Military

Special-ops Units And Drones May Increase In Future Military -- Sign On San Diego

It was a band of 25 brothers, Navy SEALs, who took down Osama bin Laden last week — not a Marine battalion or an Army division.

As the United States gradually moves away from its major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, what will its future military force look like — more like that SEAL squad working in secret and in tandem with the Central Intelligence Agency?

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My Comment: The key paragraph is the following ....

.... Since 2001, the military’s Special Operations Command has seen its budget more than quadruple — from about $2.3 billion in 2001 to $9.8 billion today. Its ranks have expanded from 45,500 a decade ago to 61,500 today, according to The Associated Press, citing Pentagon figures.

The numbers say it all.

In A Gesture Of Support, Britain Offers The SAS To Hunt Down Al Qaeda Leaders

SAS To Help US Hunt Down al-Qaeda Leaders -- The Telegraph

Britain has offered the US government SAS anti-terrorist units to help hunt down senior al-Qaeda commanders in an attempt to capitalise on information seized in the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed.

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has told the White House that he intends to stand shoulder to shoulder with President Obama as the United States steps up its global hunt for leading jihadists.

It is understood that the Prime Minister has given his approval for the elite British troops to be used beyond Afghanistan in order to "decapitate" the al-Qaeda leadership.

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My Comment: I suspect that U.S. Special Forces are more use to working amongst themselves than with teaming up with Special Forces from another country .... but kudos to the British with their offer because their altitude is completely opposite from Pakistan's