https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-simulation/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-2081925 Scipio Americanus Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:17:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37232#comment-2081925 Also they are assuming a suicide attack, whereas the actual attack wasn’t. It makes deterrence far more powerful if the attackers plan to survive.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-2081220 Isegoria Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:02:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37232#comment-2081220 I think the larger problem is that the trained attackers knew to methodically clear the small building against some (light) resistance.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/01/charlie-hebdo-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-2079788 Scipio Americanus Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:31:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=37232#comment-2079788 Apparently there were serious issues with the masks provided to the victims/defenders fogging up in the cold, such that they were mostly able to shoot only in the general direction of the attackers. TTAG has a pretty bad reputation in the gun community (plagiarism, attention-hounding, etc.), and they ordered this scenario set up in only 24 hrs which forced the company performing the tests to cut a lot of corners.

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