Seal Team 6, the clandestine US Navy commando unit that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, has been training for missions to help Taiwan if it is invaded by China, according to people familiar with the preparations.
The elite Navy special forces team, which is tasked with some of the military’s most sensitive and difficult missions, has been planning and training for a Taiwan conflict for more than a year at Dam Neck, its headquarters at Virginia Beach about 250km south-east of Washington.
The secret training underlines the US’s increased focus on boosting deterrence to make China think twice about attacking Taiwan, while stepping up preparations in case President Xi Jinping orders the People’s Liberation Army to attack or invade the island.
The preparations have only grown since Phil Davidson, the US Indo-Pacific commander at the time, warned in 2021 that China could attack Taiwan within six years. While US officials stress that conflict with China is “neither imminent nor inevitable”, the US military has accelerated contingency preparations as the PLA rapidly modernises to meet Xi’s order that it have the capability by 2027 to take Taiwan by force. Seal Team 6 is a “tier one” force — the most elite in the US military — alongside the Army’s storied Delta Force.
It reports to Joint Special Operations Command, which is part of Special Operations Command.
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Perhaps Seal Team 6 should also prepare to help save US democracy from the 'bloodbath' that the MAGA cult leader and his thugs have threatened! Amerikkka!
@DirectBellaForward2yrs2Y
The most dramatic way of dealing with CCP versus Taiwan is for the US to initiate a conversation with its allies about One China One Taiwan policy. This will open a very different kind of military risks in the region in a positive way (for Taiwan and the US and others).
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@5RL43X3Republican2yrs2Y
One thing is for sure, China has ONLY one interest and that is China. The sooner we stop dealing with them altogether, the better. Those who are so naive and think that anything positive for the world peace and order, will ever come out China, does so at their own peril.
@R3publicanSyrupForward2yrs2Y
Like traveling back in time.A more pleasant headline would have been ”US elite climate scientists collaborate with China’s top scientists to achieve best results fighting climate change ever.”
Cool. Deterring CCP's imperialism is paramount for world peace.
@7G3GHNGLibertarian2yrs2Y
Obviously this is smokes and mirror.
On the day China invades Taiwan, Seal Team 6 would be in Xi's bedroom in Zhongnanhai. The emperor would have to address the nation in his pyjamas, calling off the attac
Love these planned PR leaks with scant details and ambiguous sources.
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