The list of the world’s most elite special forces in 2023 is based on the unit’s missions, numbers, training, and history. It is hard to decide who is the best among elite special forces. These guys are often the best that one country may offer in military view. They are some of the best-trained and most formidable warriors in the world. They usually go where other soldiers fear to tread or don’t have the required skills to accomplish needed objectives.
Special Operations Forces operators are scoping out potential threats, taking out strategic targets, and conducting daring rescue missions, often in the most dangerous and unfriendly environments worldwide. These are the best of the best that you can find worldwide.
Introduction
Although it’s challenging to judge and rank these special forces relative to one another because their mission is almost the same, some units rise above others. Elite soldiers rise in their track record and the fear they instill in their enemies. These warriors have been through rigorous selection and training exercises to find the best candidates and weed out those who can’t hit their exacting standards. And their standards are high, for many people too high.
In a world where the importance of the sheer size of a country’s military forces is no longer a guide to their effectiveness, these warriors are the ones states look to get the job done. In one way or another.
The list of the top 10 most elite special forces globally is based on the research conducted in 2020.
Unidad de Operaciones Especiales
Spain’s Unidad de Operaciones Especiales, or the Naval Special Warfare Force, has been renamed since 2009. They had for long been one of Europe’s best-respected special forces units, publicly relatively unknown. Naval Special Warfare Force was initially established as the volunteer Amphibious Climbing Company unit in 1952. Since then, they have followed the British SAS’s example to become an elite fighting force ready to perform all given tasks.
To become a member of UOE (Unidad de Operaciones Especiales), you need to earn the green beret. However, it looks almost impossible because the failure rate of candidates averaged between 70% and 80%, which means that only two are accepted for every ten candidates, only two are accepted. It’s not uncommon to reject all would-be new candidates in one year.
The Special Service Group (SSG)
The Special Services Group, abbreviated as SSG, is Pakistan’s most elite special forces unit. They are better known at home as the Black Storks. That nickname comes because of their unique headgear. Their Commando selection training reportedly includes a 36-mile march in 12 hours and a five-mile run in 50 minutes in full gear, and that is only one part of overall selection and training.
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Italian Special Forces
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what is the logic of this ranking?
you omitted the Nigerian Navy SBS