Special Operations
NSW looks to individual gear enhancements
While United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) planners are looking toward a range of broad options to enhance the lethality of individual operators, some SOF service component commands are exploring smaller scale lethality enhancements.
Two recent "combined synopsis" announcements released by Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command highlight these latter ...
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