Official SOP is that the safety of hostages will be considered but will not preclude the immediate retaking of the resource if such were to ever occur........
The common knowledge was if you were taken hostage you were gonna die at the hands of the security police aka Security Forces as they are called these days .
The use of deadly force authorized at secure sites is NOT a threat ....it is a fact. The Security Forces are like deer hunters, last day of the season , just before official sunset ~
They have buck fever 24/7 backed by defenses in depth both physical and electronic that take the human element out of the loop so bypass of security features and procedures can NOT occur.
They will kill ya .....no games. I have seen it happen first hand. an italian national was killed back in 70’s when he crossed a red painted line that defined a priority resource. He then ran when challenged and was killed.....
....... Do not play with USAF security forces responsible for special weapons.
I remember my first day aboard ship. (I’ll omit the ship’s name.) My LCPO (i.e. my boss) led me to an elevator on the main deck. Next to the elevator was a fenced-in security cage with a Marine in it, and around the elevator a red line was painted on the deck. “See that red line, Chan?” the LCPO said.
“Yes,” I replied.
“Good. If you ever step on or across that red line, that jarhead in the cage there will blow your freaking head off, no warning, no questions asked. Understand?”
I allowed that I did.
“Good.” We then moved along to the next thing.
Needless to say, I stayed the hell away from that red line for the rest of my time aboard the ship.