According to the UK’s Financial Times, SEAL Team Six has been silently training and preparing to deploy to the island nation at the group’s top-secret base known as Dam Neck near Virginia Beach throughout the last year for China’s expected invasion of Taiwan as the communist country continues to fly military drones and jets over the island as well as practice naval invasion drills.

Analysts say if Financial Times’ report that elite team is training to defend Taiwan is accurate, it would be to protect key targets from China’s attack and send a message of deterrence to Beijing

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