In first-of-its-kind drill, US Army special operators train to defend Taiwan against Chinese attack

• At US Army Special Operations Command's annual capabilities exercise, soldiers trained to defend Taiwan.
• It was the first Taiwan scenario in the exercise, with a concrete mock-up representing the island.
• Soldiers mixed tactics and weapons used in the war on terror with other tools, illustrating the focus on China.

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — Members of the US Army's Special Operations Command fired Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles, breached tunnels and operated Switchblade drones that flew with an unsettling whiz over a training area on Thursday.