Seal Team 6, the clandestine US Navy commando unit that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, has been training for missions to help Taiwan if it is invaded by China, according to people familiar with the preparations.

The United States’ elite Seal Team 6 has been training for missions to assist Taiwan if it is invaded by China, according to the Financial Times.

Navy SEAL Team 6 has been planning and training for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan for the last year, per the Financial Times.

In response to increasing tensions with China, the US Navy’s elite Seal Team 6 has been preparing for potential missions in Taiwan, according to sources close to the preparations. The covert commando unit,

SEAL Team Six, the US Navy commando unit that killed Osama Bin Laden, has spent more than a year training to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, according to a new report. Members of the team — which is one of only two hyper elite “Tier One” special operations squads in the US — have been preparing to deploy to Taiwan in the event that China’s People’s Liberation Army crosses the Taiwan Strait and invades the democratic island,