Actually I think this is quite doable.
But what if these space Marines are shot around half the globe 12 seconds after somebody does something the US does not like?
I mean:
- what can a squad of soldiers accomplish? I mean if they turn them into Heinlein-style über Marines, they will weigh twice as much as normal Soldiers. And despite Tom Clancy, a squad of Marines can't beat an entire Army.
- How are they going to get back again?
I mean if they go in, assasinate Bin Laden/Achmadinejad/Chavez/Kim Yong Il or Benedict XVI, how do they get back out?
Same goes for hostage rescue.
There will have to be some CSAR assets in place, and moving them into the region takes the same amount of work and time it would take to move a full conventional SPECOPS team there.
Sorry but the US should rather get a new CSAR helicopter, a real littorial combat ship or a new infantry rifle.
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