Elite US Unit Prepares for Potential China Conflict - FT
SEAL Team Six, the elite unit responsible for the operation that led to the death of Osama Bin Laden, has allegedly been preparing and training for “a Taiwan conflict” for more than a year. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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SEAL Team Six is reportedly training for “a Taiwan conflict”
The elite special operations unit of the US Navy, SEAL Team Six, is preparing to “help Taiwan” in the event of a “Chinese invasion,” according to the Financial Times. This unit is best known for its mission in 2011 that resulted in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
According to the Financial Times, 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,” as cited by anonymous sources familiar with the activities.
In recent years, the US has dispatched special forces to Taiwan to assist the island's military in preparing for a potential attack from China. However, specific details regarding SEAL Team Six’s operations remain “highly classified.”
The US Special Operations Command directed inquiries about the Taiwan plans to the Pentagon, which did not provide comments on specific aspects.
Reports have suggested US strategies concerning a potential conflict in Taiwan, with Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of the Indo-Pacific Command, alluding to these plans in a June interview.
“I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities so I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything,” Paparo told the Washington Post.
Since 1949, Taiwan has been governed by descendants of Chinese nationalists who fled the mainland after the communist victory in the civil war. The US did not officially recognize the People's Republic of China until 1979, during which time it treated the government in Taipei as the ‘Republic of China.’
While the US has officially committed to the One-China policy, it continues to maintain informal diplomatic and economic relations with Taipei, a key provider of semiconductors and chips for Western markets. Additionally, Washington has supplied Taiwan with weapons, ammunition, and equipment intended to “deter” Beijing.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington has emphasized that Taiwan is “the very core of China’s core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in the China-US relationship,” urging the US to “stop creating factors that could heighten tensions in the Taiwan Strait.”
The US government alleges that Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed the People’s Liberation Army to modernize with the aim of acquiring the capability to forcibly capture Taiwan by 2027.
China’s official stance on Taiwan is one of peaceful reintegration, but it has not dismissed the possibility of using force should the island declare independence.
Debra A Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
The elite special operations unit of the US Navy, SEAL Team Six, is preparing to “help Taiwan” in the event of a “Chinese invasion,” according to the Financial Times. This unit is best known for its mission in 2011 that resulted in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
According to the Financial Times, 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,” as cited by anonymous sources familiar with the activities.
In recent years, the US has dispatched special forces to Taiwan to assist the island's military in preparing for a potential attack from China. However, specific details regarding SEAL Team Six’s operations remain “highly classified.”
The US Special Operations Command directed inquiries about the Taiwan plans to the Pentagon, which did not provide comments on specific aspects.
Reports have suggested US strategies concerning a potential conflict in Taiwan, with Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of the Indo-Pacific Command, alluding to these plans in a June interview.
“I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities so I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything,” Paparo told the Washington Post.
Since 1949, Taiwan has been governed by descendants of Chinese nationalists who fled the mainland after the communist victory in the civil war. The US did not officially recognize the People's Republic of China until 1979, during which time it treated the government in Taipei as the ‘Republic of China.’
While the US has officially committed to the One-China policy, it continues to maintain informal diplomatic and economic relations with Taipei, a key provider of semiconductors and chips for Western markets. Additionally, Washington has supplied Taiwan with weapons, ammunition, and equipment intended to “deter” Beijing.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington has emphasized that Taiwan is “the very core of China’s core interests and the first red line that must not be crossed in the China-US relationship,” urging the US to “stop creating factors that could heighten tensions in the Taiwan Strait.”
The US government alleges that Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed the People’s Liberation Army to modernize with the aim of acquiring the capability to forcibly capture Taiwan by 2027.
China’s official stance on Taiwan is one of peaceful reintegration, but it has not dismissed the possibility of using force should the island declare independence.
Debra A Smith contributed to this report for TROIB News
