The UK will launch covert missions of its Special Forces against Russia and China, according to a senior British military official

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UK Special Forces will focus on a new covert mission against China and Russia as part of their shift in focus to counter “big state adversaries”, he pointed this Saturday to the newspaper The Times the Brigadier General of the Royal Marines, Mark Totten. The British Royal Marines will take on the roles traditionally reserved for the country’s Special Forces – the Special Air Service (SAS) and the Special Boat Service (SBS)– so that these units have more time and assets to carry out “higher risk” tasks against other States, according to Totten. “What we can do is allow [las...