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Originally Posted by Azure
CaptainCrunch, why can't the Brits just do a snatch and grab?
Or will the security be high strung, massive reinforcements etc, etc?
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Great question, and it was well answered below.
The key hinges on location, they don't know where they are, and its likely that they are being held in the Revolutionary Guard head quarters which is right in downtown. Because of this crisis I'm pretty sure that coastal security has been increased as is the readiness of thier air defenses and airforce.
The only way into that country is either up the coast, or through the air and doing a drop, then traveling on foot through downtown Iran, which is pretty much an armed camp with a police officer on every corner with an AK-74.
Even if they knew where the prisoners were, its unlikely that they would risk a grab.
Special Forces do impressive work against either an unprepared or surprised enemy, but small unit lightly armed formations will usually fail and die in a vipers pit like Iran.