Imagine the President and his staff watching the operation live in the situation room, while the CIA director oversees the operation from Langley, VA. I doubt the Seals had a camera man, so that almost certainly means they had helmet cams. So, if they can have one helmet cam, couldn't the special ops folks have 2, or 4 cameras on their helmet? What if each member of the team had 4 cameras and 4 support folks literally watching their backs! The capability of just that one aspect is mind blowing.
Wifi (for lack of a better description) from the helmet cams to the helo. Then to a satellite network to the US. The fog of war is getting burned off with bright sunlight.
Then take the ability to fly through mountainous terrain, at night, with a very small moon. Night helo flying has certainly reached the zenith. Close formation, in a valley with as little visible light as possible. I suspect the small amount of moonlight was just enough for them. Amazing. Wouldn't it have been fun to be on the team that provided the detailed mapping for their GPS? If we have satellites that can measure waves at sea, creating these maps could provide a finer degree of accuracy than imagined even 20 years ago.
It all started decades ago with night vision goggles. And before that, the very first satellite we orbited took spy pictures. So, in 2011, we set up surveillance on OBL's house without using drones because the President didn't want to take the chance of them detecting the drones. Do you think we positioned the spy satellite so that it was in a direct line with a bright star, so OBL couldn't detect it?
Then there is that little technology of infra red. I suspect that everyone moving in the compound was tracked by some infra red group. The prospect of the level of this technology is pretty interesting.
It's enough to make me sorry I didn't study more, get a Ph.D in math and get involved in this sort of stuff. Well, except there are not many people who have had more fun than I have! LOL
