What are the responsibilities and tasks of Russian "Alpha" special forces?

At present, the Russian Federal Security Service is the most powerful and elite anti-espionage and intelligence reconnaissance agency in Russia. Under it, there is a famous special anti-terrorism commando team, which is the "Alpha Team" with outstanding military achievements. Every soldier in "Alpha Team" has unique skills. They are snipers, blasters and communication experts. He is good at covert operations and reconnaissance missions, and can keep calm and clear thinking under strong pressure. Their duty and task is to fight terrorism.

Elite troops and excellent generals-a lean and efficient team

As early as the 1970s, terrorists landed in the Soviet Union to engage in terrorist activities. 1973, a Jacques -40 passenger plane was hijacked by four armed gangsters at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, and all passengers on board were kidnapped and taken hostage. Although the hostages were rescued with the joint efforts of the KGB (the National Security Committee of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union) and the internal affairs forces, this incident caused considerable shock in the Soviet Union and attracted great attention from the Soviet leadership.

1974 July 14, yuri andropov, Chairman of the Soviet National Security Council, signed an order to set up a special unit in the KGB system, whose main task is to fight terrorism. This anti-terrorism commando was originally called "Team A", and it was called "Alpha Team" after 199 1 year.

At first, the conditions for selecting members of "Group A" were almost harsh, and only those who passed the examination could serve. At present, the selection criteria for special forces are slightly relaxed: all healthy men aged between 22 and 27 who have served in the army can apply to join the special forces. If the candidate meets all the requirements of the candidates, he will have the opportunity to take a special exam.

Being selected into "Group A" is only the first step, and then everyone is selected. Must receive extremely strict training. After training, "Group A" can truly become the first "fist" of the Soviet Union in counter-terrorism. It used to be the pride of the Soviet Union, because it was well-organized and extremely agile. In the process of growing up for more than 20 years, "Group A", later "Alpha Group", participated in dozens of battles and made great achievements, becoming a "sword against terrorism" that attracted worldwide attention.

The fight against terrorism has made great achievements.

1On July 28th, 979, a terrorist sneaked into the U.S. Embassy in the Soviet Union with an explosive device and asked American diplomats to escort him out of the country, otherwise he would detonate the explosive device and die with everyone else. Team A was ordered to take decisive action and quickly subdued the terrorists without causing any casualties.

On February 27th of the same year, 65438+, the Soviet Union took a large-scale military action that suddenly attacked Afghanistan. That night, Group A, who was ordered to be transferred to the battlefield, took part in the fierce battle to capture Amin Palace, the power center of Afghanistan. With the cooperation of brother special forces, "Group A" captured the heavily guarded Afghan Prime Minister's Office at lightning speed, and captured Amin, Chairman and Prime Minister of the Afghan Revolutionary Committee. This is the first time that "Group A" really experienced "battle baptism", which fully demonstrated its unique fighting ability, but it also paid a heavy price for sacrificing nine players for the first time.

198 1 year, in Sarapur, 25 middle school students were taken hostage by two terrorists carrying submachine guns, and "Group A" was ordered to attack. No one was injured in the whole battle to rescue the hostages.

1983, in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, terrorists detained 57 passengers on a Tu-1 154 passenger plane. "Group A" was once again in danger and took timely action to rescue all the hostages.

Three years later, in Ufa, Group A took another similar combat action. There, one of the two terrorists was killed and the other was injured, and all the hostages were safe and sound.

1988, several gunmen hijacked a bus in Shuicheng, and kidnapped 3/kloc-0 pupils and 3/kloc-0 female teachers. Team a rushed to the scene of the accident. They had a day and a night of hard negotiations with the gangsters through the radio, and finally persuaded the gangsters to surrender and all the hostages were rescued.

199 1 10 In October, the Russian government sent "Group A" to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to occupy the TV tower. "Group A" successfully completed the task without firing a shot. Unfortunately, a soldier died in action. When the reporter tried to find out the unit to which the deceased belonged, Russian officials denied any casualties, and the mysterious aura inevitably disappeared. The media began to call this special force "Alpha Team". In August, the "Alpha Group" was ordered to arrest Yeltsin and attack the Kremlin, but considering that this would cause a lot of casualties, they refused.

The "Alpha Team" was asked to re-enter the Kremlin, but did not launch an attack. Instead, it negotiated with the defenders of the Kremlin and provided them with personal safety. Finally, hundreds of parliamentarians and ordinary citizens were evacuated from there, avoiding bloodshed.

"Alpha Group" also participated in the attack on the hospital in Ionov and the liberation of five villages. Goncharov, former commander of "Alpha Team" and chairman of Alpha Veterans Federation, proudly said: "Alpha Team" has never failed in battle since its establishment.

On October 23rd, 2002/KLOC-0, at around 9 pm, in the performance hall of the Cultural Palace of Moscow Bearing Factory, a masked gangster rushed to the stage, fired several shots into the air, and immediately announced that the Cultural Palace was occupied and everyone was taken hostage. In the rescue of hostages by Russian special forces, magical hypnotic gas became a secret weapon. From the first day of the hostage crisis, the army began to drill holes in the underground of the performance hall, and finally sent mysterious gas into the hall through these holes and the ventilation system of the Cultural Palace building.

65438+1At 6: 23 am on October 27th, officers and men of the "Alpha" special forces broke through the glass outer wall of the Cultural Palace, and rushed into the hall seven minutes later, killing the sober terrorists. Some fainted terrorists were also executed on the spot, including female robbers with explosives tied to their waists. In this operation, 50 robbers were killed, and none of the officers and men of the special forces died.

On April 15, 2005 (local time), the fierce gun battle in a 9-story residential building in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya ended more than 7 hours later. In this "the hardest battle in recent months" in Russia, bandit leader maskhadov and five other Chechen illegal militants were killed on the spot, five officers and men of the "Alpha" and "Signal Flag" special forces were killed, and several residents were accidentally injured. On April 14, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs received a report that a group of Chechen illegal militants were coming to the "Racecourse" community in Lenin District of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Their numbers ranged from four to seven, and they were led by doku umarov, the notorious commander of the "Field Army" who was illegally armed in Chechnya. He was entrenched in a nine-story residential building in the most densely populated area in this area. After learning such an important clue, the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally dared not neglect it. It made a careful plan overnight and prepared for "preemptive strike". At the same time, it requested emergency reinforcements from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

At dawn on June 5438+05, the "Alpha" and "Signal Flag" special forces under the Russian Federal Security Service arrived quickly. In the case that the negotiators of the special forces shouted at the building without results, the special forces launched a storm on the residential building, and a fierce life-and-death struggle began. As can be seen from the pictures broadcast by Russian television, as this gray 9-story residential building was hit by the shells of special forces, smoke poured out from the residential building. Special forces snipers wearing helmets and camouflage uniforms used brick piles as bunkers and fired angrily at the building. At the same time, several Russian helicopters circled in the air, which brought great psychological pressure to the militants who tried to fight to the end. However, the Chechen militants who are still struggling are not to be outdone, and they make angry voices from time to time.

Under the cover of night, Chechen militants hiding in residential buildings stubbornly deal with special forces.

Intermittent fierce fighting did not come to an end until after 2 pm local time. After on-site investigation, the bodies of six illegal Chechen militants were found. At the same time, the "Alpha" and "Signal Flag" special forces also paid a heavy price. In addition to four officers and men killed on the spot in a bloody battle, another 1 officer died of injuries on the way to the hospital.