Seal Team Six has been taking part in drills in South Korea as tensions with Kim's regime mount, according to reports

By Victoria Craw for news.com.au and Danny Collins

By Victoria Craw for news.com.au and Danny Collins

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THE crack US Navy Seal team that killed Osama bin Laden is reportedly training to take out North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un.

Seal Team Six is taking part in secretive drills alongside other elite US forces in South Korea amid rising tensions with Pyongyang, Seal Team Six is taking part in secretive drills alongside other elite US forces in South Korea amid rising tensions with Pyongyang, news.com.au reports

Getty Images 10 US Navy Seals are reportedly training up in case they are called upon for action in North Korea

Getty Images 10 The elite fighting force is considered the world's best alongside the SAS

Getty Images 10 And they are thought to be training to take out potential target Kim Jong-un

Soldier who gunned down Bin Laden speaks out

US military officials confirmed "ground, air, naval and special operations" are taking part in "several joint and combined field training operations" which involve up to 17,000 troops.

And South Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily has claimed the teams would take part in a drill to simulate the removal of Kim Jong-un.

But US officials denied the elite troopers are preparing a raid to take out Kim.

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Asked about drills, Former US Navy Commander Gary Ross said: "There are variety of Special Operations Forces (SOF) participating in Foal Eagle, as they do in most regional exercises."

"Foal Eagle is a regularly-scheduled, annual exercise that is the culmination of many months of planning and it is not being conducted in response to the current situation on peninsula."

The special operations teams are thought to also include the Army Rangers, Delta Force and Green Berets.

The training started one day