Looking at the nature of this operation, I’m very surprised to see that the Garud personnel do not have their kit on.
Like I said- they are being used mostly as ground crew and a few for force protection
FYI the USAF has a specific team responsible for this exact thing (DAGREthat IAF is throwing ‘SF’ into.
DAGRE isn’t even a special forces unit, they are made up of USAF SF
in USAF, SF means security forces, basically military police
special forces in india are not treated as specialists but generalists. For the roles Garuds are charged with the USAF has at least 4 different specialised units that I can think of (DAGRE, CCT, PJs, STS)
that said, I agree that for this Op it’s crazy the Garuds were’t even wearing PPE let alone armed, wtf is the logic? Why even use combatants in this situation if they aren’t going to be able to even shoot back? May as well have taken some air india stewardesses. Then if they get caught with their pants down (some resistance is present) the subsequent scandal will be blamed on the govt not the tactical level officers making such stupid decisions