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Russian Special Operations
Image provided courtesy Gary Pendred
and Michael Fox
Alfa Brigade
(FSB-anti-terrorism)
OMON ("Black
Berets")
MVD (Interior
Ministry Troops)
Delfin (Dolphin)
Kondor Division of MVD (Anti-Terrorist)
Vympel ( Pennant )
KGB
Special Purpose Units
Spetznaz (SPETSialnoje
NAZnachenie)
Presidential Security Service -
Combat Divers
The
Degradation of Russia's Special Forces - By Stanislav
Lunev - An excellent article from 1996 - must read
Chechen
anti-kidnap chief killed in bomb attack - The
head of a special police anti-kidnapping force in
Russia's breakaway Chechnya region died of wounds
inflicted when his car was blown up.
Nuclear
submarine hijacking is over: Marine desperado
kills himself - The drama on board the Akula-class
submarine, the first nuclear object ever in history
to be hijacked, ended after 23 hours. Special anti-terrorist
forces from the Federal Security Service (FSB) and
the Northern Fleet prepared for an assault when the
young sailor, Alexandr Kuzminykh, shot himself to
death.
Special Warfare
- The Professional Bulletin of the John F. Kennedy
Special Warfare Center and School
