Special Forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained, and equipped forces, manned with selected personnel, using unconventional tactics, techniques, and modes of employment".Special forces emerged in the early 20th century, with a significant growth in the field during the Second World War, when "every major army involved in the fighting" created formations devoted to special operations behind enemy lines. Depending on the country, special forces may perform functions including airborne operations, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, covert ops, direct …
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CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 May 2024 English
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network investments SM-1 Missile Replacement Special Forces equipment (small land vehicles; watercraft …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 1 May 2024 English
Executive Summary The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to create societal transformations. Indeed, AI is already emerging as a factor in geopolitics, with malicious non-state actors exploiting …
drone attacks against the Peshmerga and French Special Forces in Northern Iraq.32 The US Department of Homeland …
IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies · 1 May 2024 English
Turkiye's defence industry has undergone dramatic changes over the last 50 years and the country has become a significant defence exporter. In this report, as part of a joint project …
workers were killed during a raid by Israeli special forces on a convoy of ships headed towards Gaza, …
DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 30 April 2024 English
DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. …
participation of ships, submarines, aircraft, and special forces. In addition, the IAF, Andaman and Nicobar …
RAND Corporation · 30 April 2024 English
Although all branches invest substantial effort to train new service members and acculturate them to military life, the process of preparing service members to reenter civilian life is much less …
participant commented that certain groups, such as special forces or junior enlisted personnel, in some instances …
NIPoRe: Nepal Institute for Policy Research · 29 April 2024 English
General Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, called the US evacuation a ‘strategic failure’ and said that the US lost the war ‘in a broader …
com/commentisfree/2024/mar/12/britain-war-afghanistan-special-forces-sas-johnny-mercer https://english.news.cn/ …
EU: European Union · 29 April 2024 English
Kosovo; F. whereas on 14 June 2023, Serbian special forces violently abducted three Kosovan border police …
ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 28 April 2024 English
The Russian military is facing constraints on the amount of modern and effective equipment that it can and will be able to deploy in Ukraine, and the overall combat effectiveness …
additional unseen damage.[43] The Ukrainian SBU, Special Forces (SSO), and Unmanned Systems Forces previously …
MEI: Middle East Institute · 26 April 2024 English
Since this entire wave of regional escalation has been the result of the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the US should redouble its efforts to find a final and sustainable …
cyberspace, and by covert cells, allied proxies, and special forces operating behind enemy lines. Though unquestionably …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 25 April 2024 English
During the last ten years, several issues such as the Arab Spring, the emergence and spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the COVID-19 pandemic, oil price …
over the ISIS on 9 December 2017. Later, US Special Forces in northwestern Syria killed Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi … surveillance platforms like UAVs, missiles, Special Forces equipment and radar systems. An important part …
