We all know that all countries in the world have their own armed forces, and some of them are the most elite special forces in history, from training to mission, they are far stronger than ordinary armed forces in many aspects.
- Israeli Special Forces
As a Middle Eastern country, Israel naturally has many characteristic troops, and Shayetet 13 is the most highly valued and secretive special force of all troops. The unit was formed in 1949, and although they fought in almost all of Israel's major wars and carried out many special missions, there were still many people who had never heard of them. Because they have always been tightly controlled by the Israeli government, they have rarely been made public.
Those who apply to join the force require at least four and a half years of military service experience, followed by up to twenty months of intense training, both of which include basic and advanced training, both of which are designed to prepare them for naval combat. Next, they put on unique wetsuits and state-of-the-art diving breathing apparatus and receive advanced training in underwater combat, which is so intense that a new member has been killed in training.
- Russian Alpha Forces
Russians know the phrase "there is no room for compromise as soon as the Alpha force appears," and we know how ruthless this special forces really are. In 1974, Russia secretly established this special force, and this unit has gradually developed into a special task force specializing in counter-terrorism. Today, they are responsible for resolving hostage-taking incidents across Russia, including hijacked buildings, trains and planes. The force requires all members to have a university degree and must have at least three years of training.
One of the most shining operations of the Alpha Forces was in 1979. That year, the unit led a total of six hundred and sixty Soviet soldiers to carry out operations code-named "Storm 333". The operation was to purge the leader of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Hafizora Amin, and they were ordered to kill everyone in the palace. The army responsible for guarding the palace at that time numbered two thousand two hundred, and without superiority in numbers, the Alpha forces occupied the palace in less than an hour, and the surviving eighteen hundred and fifty soldiers and guards were forced to surrender. The event cemented the Alpha Force's position as one of the most ruthless and efficient elite troops on earth.
—The American Navy SEALs
Officially established in 1962 as the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Team, SEAL was expanded to two combat groups with a population of about 1,600 men. The Navy SEALs have now become the killer weapon of the United States to carry out local wars and deal with emergencies.
The SEALs are very adaptable to the terrain, and the training they receive is also very crazy. To adapt to the cold weather and environment, THELS will be taken to Kodiak Island, Alaska. Here they are thrown into the glacier and stay in the river for eight minutes. In this case, a few more minutes is enough to kill an ordinary person. These trainings pushed them to the brink of hypothermia, but they played a very important role in their survival and performance during the mission. Over the years, THELS have died in training more than they have died in combat.
The Altitude Commando's real-life characters are rarely made public, but one of their most successful missions was to kill os-jain bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, a radical Islamist faction. Under the cover of night, the Navy SEALs landed in enemy territory and successfully killed the spiritual leader who launched terrorism in the United States in just thirty minutes.
- British Special Air Service Regiment
The British Special Air Service Regiment abbreviated as SAS. It is the oldest special forces unit in military history. During the Second World War, Britain needed an elite team of well-trained professional soldiers. to break through the local positions, thus creating this unit. They are able to carry out special operations with high secrecy while at the same time causing significant damage to the enemy.
What really sets SAS apart from other units is their infamous brutal selection training. Although most applicants have experience in military training, there are many applicants who fail the selection test, and their five-month first training can directly break the physical and mental limits of each applicant. In the fitness test, applicants must carry backpacks weighing up to twenty-five kilograms full of bricks and run through the entire rural areas of the UK at a specific time, without any minute of rest, or even slow down. If they survive, they will continue to train in jungle terrain and be guided by operational weapon firing tactics and hand-to-hand combat. After these processes are completed, only about one in ten applicants will be able to successfully advance to the next level.
- Danish Frogman Corps
The Danish Frogman Corps had fewer than three hundred and fifty members, and they were characterized by their ability to fight on the water and to make enemies croak. This Danish special forces were established in 1957 as part of the Royal Danish Navy, and they combined the strengths of elite forces in Norway, Britain and the United States, with reconnaissance as their main task, to detect places that naval warships could not reach.
The Danish government rarely publishes details about frogman missions, and their costumes change slightly when they perform different missions. For example, when performing reconnaissance missions, they may wear a veil that obscures the contours of their head and neck, making them more difficult to spot when tracking targets and becoming invisible killers.
- U.S. Delta Force
You may have heard of the U.S. Delta Special Forces, or simply called the Delta Force, but few have publicly stated the details about this force, and they are highly classified in the United States. This force was founded in 1978, when terrorist attacks often occurred in many parts of the United States, leading to the birth of this special forces force. Although the existence of this force is now known, the details about him remain confidential.
According to reports, delta force selection is the most difficult in the world to pass, most of the applicants have been very experienced soldiers, even SEAL raiders will come to declare this unit, but there is no guarantee that they will be able to pass this selection test, due to the high standard of selection threshold, so their total number of people is only about 1000 people.
Although details about many of the Delta Force's figures were kept secret, the fact that they were involved in the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 inevitably made headlines. In that year, Delta Force agents rescued an American hostage from the central prison in Panama City without any deaths.