“Unlike conventional field battles, where tactics are more flexible and largely dictated by the terrain and the enemy’s deployment, special forces anti-terrorist assaults are a combination of physical might and technology working in a swift syncopation, pre-planned and finely choreographed. Once initiated, they move relentlessly into the heart of the problem with precision timing, not pausing until their ultimate goal is reached.” (Falconer, 1998, p.309).

Falconer, D. (1998) First into Action: A Dramatic Personal Account of Life in the SBS. London: Sphere.