User blog comment:AndImBatman/Why Call of Duty: Ghosts does not deserve it's unwarranted hatred/@comment-2.27.117.105-20131106212636/@comment-5596583-20131108050538

Okay, a couple of points here.

1: Orbital weapons are not, in fact, illegal. Orbital nuclear weapons are illegal. Judging from current technology, etc., the rods are probably driven by a chemically fueled rocket, nothing nuclear about them. The US Military has considered a similar concept (google: Project THOR), public records exist of this concept. Has a fuss been raised? Not at all, actually, because they are fully legal.

2: I believe the training they are referring to is something along the lines of SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) training that most special operators in the US Military go through. Specifically the Resistance bit of it. Special operators are trained to maintain resolve and refuse to give into their fate regardless of the discomfort and pain they are put through. Yes, one would be significantly weakened after losing a significant amount of blood and some organ damage; Then again, if they've proven their ability to remain resolved after being stuffed in the bottom of a barrel in Alaska for three days with no food, marginal water, and only as much sleep as they can pull off, and even walk away from it, I'd say they have a pretty decent chance at surviving blood loss and organ damage, if only for a little while.

3.The flat tips prove nothing. As can be seen here, more than hollow point .454 have flat tips. It could be hollow point, I'll give you that. It could also be FMJ.

4: As far as torture goes, they call them "black" operations for a reason.

Conclusion: Perhaps the scene is not perfect, but I find it moderately plausible.