Here is a little information on the "ALPHA" Group (also known as Spetsgruppa A)
The "Alpha" antiterrorist detachment was created 29 July 1974 within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB on the orders of Yuri Andropov, then Chairman of the KGB. It was intended for secret foreign operations in response to the wave of terrorist acts which had swept across most of the world and had hit Western Europe especially hard, a decision was made in the KGB to create special units to fight terrorism.
In forming "Alfa," a thorough study was made of other countries' experience, most of all, of the American anti-terrorist team 'Delta Force', the British special SAS units, and similar formations in the Israeli Mossad.
Alpha first won international renown after the storming of Afghan president Hafizullah Amin's palace, in which it participated together with the anti-terrorist unit Vympel.
Eddie
The "Alpha" antiterrorist detachment was created 29 July 1974 within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB on the orders of Yuri Andropov, then Chairman of the KGB. It was intended for secret foreign operations in response to the wave of terrorist acts which had swept across most of the world and had hit Western Europe especially hard, a decision was made in the KGB to create special units to fight terrorism.
In forming "Alfa," a thorough study was made of other countries' experience, most of all, of the American anti-terrorist team 'Delta Force', the British special SAS units, and similar formations in the Israeli Mossad.
Alpha first won international renown after the storming of Afghan president Hafizullah Amin's palace, in which it participated together with the anti-terrorist unit Vympel.
Eddie
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"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
