Special Forces: More trained and more deadly

Special Forces are special units of a country’s military. They conduct special operations and tasks. Some of these tasks are- Airborne operations, reconnaissance missions, counter-insurgency missions, counter-terrorism missions, rescue operations, hostage-rescue missions, Intelligence operations, etc.

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Indian MARCOS with personnel from the Royal Australian Navy

Almost every country has its special forces. It may belong to any branch of the military or the security forces. Here is our list of world’s top 15:

  1. British Special Air Service (SAS)
  2. Indian MARCOS
  3. U.S Navy Seals
  4. Russian Alpha Group
  5. Sayeret Matkal (Israel)
  6. Russian Spetsnaz
  7. French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN)
  8. Indian Para SF
  9. U.S Delta Force
  10. Pakistani SSG
  11. GIS (Italy)
  12. Polish GROM
  13. Special Boat Service (Britain)
  14. GSG 9 (Germany)
  15. Spanish GOE