NATO's rating puts the ETA into an exclusive club alongside special-operations powerhouses like the US's Delta Force & SEALs
special operations
American hostage Philip Walton was rescued in northern Nigeria last month and several US aircraft supported the operation
The stealthy Black Hawks were used in the Bin Laden raid
The operations are being executed by the GRU's Unit 29155 based at the GRU's 161st Special Purpose Specialist Training Center (TsPS)
Following a high-speed car chase, they left via helicopter after their pursuers were killed by Israeli tank and aircraft fire