Was The Terrorist Group Of 26/11 More Highly Trained Than The Nsg Commandos?

While reading up about the many articles and blogs that had been created based on the attacks of 26/11, containing information that I hadn’t been privy to before, it became abundantly clear to me that the terrorist group that initiated the attacks were highly trained individuals. But alongside this, they were also well trained as a team and knew what their role was, as demonstrated by them immediately breaking off into groups of smaller units to scout the locations that were targeted.

Comparing this perfect mobilization, anybody can assume that the group was more trained than the NSG commandos, who were even late in their arrival on the scene of the attacks.

But that assumption, though logical, is wrong. At least, that is what I believe.

NSG commandos undergo rigorous training every day of their enlistment, and their team training must be as brutal. Compared with a group of terrorists who had only a year of training, that obviously puts the commandos on a higher level, in any way that you look at it, especially in terms of effective combat and team mobilization.

The only reason this advantage couldn’t show through was that the terrorists, at that time, focused on psychological warfare too, to make the other adversaries they faced lose morals.

Taking advantage of the disheartening atmosphere that may have been created was something all combatants know how to exploit. After all, which predator doesn’t attack the prey’s weak point? But that had been the case with Mumbai Police.

For the NSG, it was more of a terrain problem. Or rather that terrain, it was more of a location problem. NSG commandos train year-round in terrains and locations that are obscured and would provide the most obstacles so that they know how to deal with unexpected situations. Unfortunately, the training they go through does not happen in luxury hotels or foreign offices in domestic countries.

This was the weak point of the prey.

The understanding that the terrorist group had of the locations they had targeted far exceeded the understanding of the NSG commandos. Actually, I am pretty sure that any person who has been to a hotel like the Taj even two times would be aware of how complicated hotels like those are.

For the NSG commandos, who didn’t even have ample time to get the floor plans of the hotels in fear of time running out for the hostages, of course, they appeared to be fumbling and stumbling along.

Those are my thoughts.

The NSG commandos were unfamiliar with the location and it would be a good idea for them and army personnel to train in mock hotel locations so that the assumptions that arose because of 26/11 do not arise again.