I dont see how either side can know for certain if this was an accident or if they did shot down the 46.I firmly believe that the Taliban will lay claim to any such event involving SF deaths.The 160th flies out of Assassabad so often (as do other choppers) that anyone watching would have a hard time knowing what was going where.
I also find the claim that they modified RPGs to be "guided" or what ever to be BS.They did take down another MH-46 back in 2007 in this case it got hit by an RPG while Navy Seals where fast roping the chopper was along a steeply sloped hill side and the RPG had a perfect straight in shot from his point of view and the round went inside the the rear ramp area and hit the roof of the chopper right in the rear engine/ transmission area the chopper dropped and rolled down the hill killing everyone.In this case they had rushed in with two MH-46s because they where trying to get to another Seal team that had been compromised they got to excited and left their normal AH-64 escort behind and entered the area with out the gunship coverage.
Something like that could have happened in this case but I think that more than likely something just went wrong and the chopper crashed sometimes it happens part of the risk of flying.
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