United Kingdom Special Forces - Roles and Tasks

Roles and Tasks

UKSF assets undertake a number of roles, with a degree of interaction and interoperability:

  • Counter-terrorism
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • Covert reconnaissance
  • Special reconnaissance
  • Direct action
  • Close protection
  • Counter-revolutionary warfare
  • Reconnaissance of the deep battlespace
  • Offensive operations in the deep battlespace
  • Battlespace preparation in transition to war
  • Infrastructure disruption
  • Capture of subjects of interest
  • Human intelligence (HUMINT) collection
  • Defence diplomacy
  • Training of other nations' armed forces

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