But the systems were not even connected to radar when U.S. forces entered Venezuelan airspace on Jan. 3, U.S. officials familiar with the operation told The New York Times.
Venezuela had started acquiring Russian-made S-300 and Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile systems in 2009, hailin
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