In a dawn raid on Jan. 3, U.S. Delta Force commandos, backed by more than 150 aircraft, executed a precision strike deep inside Caracas to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Leveraging cyber and electronic warfare that plunged the capital into darkness and blinded air defenses, U.S. forces breached the heavily fortified Fort Tiuna military complex, secured Maduro and his wife from their safe room, and transported them via helicopter to a waiting warship in the Caribbean. The operation concluded without a single U.S. fatality, delivering the Venezuelan leader to federal custody in New York City to face narcoterrorism charges.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s obsession with televised military spectacles and quick successes is reinforcing a dangerous bias toward precision strikes over the sustained capabilities needed for a future great-power conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s obsession with televised military spectacles and quick successes is reinforcing a dangerous bias toward precision strikes over the sustained capabilities needed for a future great-power conflict.
In a dawn raid on Jan. 3, U.S. Delta Force commandos, backed by more than 150 aircraft, executed a precision strike deep inside Caracas to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Leveraging cyber and electronic warfare that plunged the capital into darkness and blinded air defenses, U.S.
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