Operation Rhinoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Operation Rhino was a raid by the United States Army Rangers on several Taliban targets in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan during the early stages of the Afghanistan War. On the night of October 19th, 2001, a company-sized element of approximately 200 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment parachuted from four Lockheed MC-130 aircraft onto a desert landing strip south of the city on an "objective Rhino". After securing the landing zone, the Rangers raided and secured a number of locations around Kandahar.