{"id":2215,"date":"2024-09-12T22:33:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T22:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueskykentucky.com\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2024-09-13T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T09:51:20","slug":"elite-us-seals-training-against-china-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blueskykentucky.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/elite-us-seals-training-against-china-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite US SEALs training against China \u2013 FT"},"content":{"rendered":"
Team Six has reportedly been focusing on \u201ca Taiwan conflict\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The US Navy’s elite special operations unit, SEAL Team Six, has been training to “help Taiwan”<\/em> in case of a “Chinese invasion,”<\/em> according to the Financial Times (FT). The unit carried out the 2011 mission that killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.<\/p>\n SEAL Team Six “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,”<\/em> the FT reported<\/a> on Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n The US has sent special forces to Taiwan in the past several years to train the island’s military against a potential attack from the mainland. No details were given about the SEAL activity, which is “highly classified.”<\/em><\/p>\n The US Special Operations Command referred any questions about Taiwan plans to the Pentagon, which did not comment on specific details.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n