US special forces secretly training troops in Taiwan – report

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About two-dozen US service members have trained Taiwanese ground and maritime forces 'for at least a year,' amid China's rising verbal threats against the island ally of Washington – report

In this file photo taken on September 15, 2021 a US-made E2K Early Warning Aircraft takes off from a motorway in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, during the annual Han Kuang drill. troops for months, risking the ire of China, a Pentagon official has said.

"Our support for and defense relationship with Taiwan remains aligned against the current threat posed by the People’s Republic of"We urge Beijing to honor its commitment to the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait differences." Taiwan media reported last November, citing Taiwan's Naval Command, that US troops had arrived there to train Taiwan marines and special forces in small-boat and amphibious operations.

The US also maintains an ambiguous commitment to defend Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. Taiwan's defence minister said Wednesday that military tensions between the island and China are at their highest in four decades, after around 150 Chinese warplanes – a record number – made incursions into its air defence zone in recent days.

"We strongly urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan," he said, calling US commitment to the island "rock-solid".

 

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They will prove as efficient as the American-trained former Afghan forces 😂

Isn't that considered an act of war. Will US be ok if Chinese service members train Cubans or Mexicans or anyone else that US has a problem with.

Like Afghans

LoL. Then they might still be worth their salt because the longer they train and resource you the faster you collapse.

Unlike Afghanistan these people will actually fight by American training

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