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US sends largest fleet in modern history to Venezuela
Tensions in the Caribbean are at their highest level in a decade, and not just because of the devastating passage of Hurricane Melissa.
In anticipation of the arrival of the American super-aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, the most powerful ship in the American naval fleet, which is traveling from the Italian coast towards America, Washington has sent a giant naval force off the coast of Venezuela.
According to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), this is the largest US military deployment in Latin America since the First Gulf War (1990-1991).
Experts warn that something big is coming. "You don't send one of your most important naval assets out just to leave it anchored. You either use it or you bring it back. More likely, there will be missile attacks on Venezuela," says retired Navy Colonel Mark Cancian, author of the analysis for CSIS.
The US Navy has over 700 missiles, including 180 Tomahawks, ready to strike ground targets.
Although Hurricane Melissa has devastated Jamaica and affected Cuba, the Pentagon has not changed its plans. Some ships involved in anti-drug operations have been temporarily relocated, but the mission continues.
The US Air Force has reportedly sent another squadron of B-1B strategic bombers to the region. With the arrival of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group next week, the US will have a total of:
8 warships (6 of them destroyers),
3 amphibious landing ships,
and 1 nuclear submarine.
Such a concentration of forces was not seen even during the invasions of Panama (1989) and Grenada (1983). "This is the largest military deployment in Latin America in the last 25, maybe 40 years," Cancian adds.
The USS Gerald Ford will be accompanied by three destroyers and several supply ships for long-term operations. This fleet includes SH-60R helicopters, fighter jets, support aircraft, and is capable of conducting a full air and missile campaign, much broader than what Donald Trump had initially declared as the “war on drug trafficking.”
"The most likely outcome is air and missile strikes, because this force is not designed for a ground invasion," Cancian emphasizes.
According to El Nuevo Herald analysts, the US does not have the necessary capabilities for a ground invasion of Venezuela, and this is consistent with Trump's well-known stance against sending US troops abroad.
Professor Stephen Biddle, from Columbia University, tells the EFE agency: "In the event of such an operation, it would be logical for the US to first send air forces to strike strategic targets."
Meanwhile, large military camps have been set up in Puerto Rico, which, according to local sources, may be preparations for possible deployments to the region.
American expert Michael Desch, from the University of Notre Dame, sees similarities to the operation Trump ordered earlier this year in Yemen, where the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman struck over 800 Houthi targets. /Corriere Della Sera
Venezuela ka kohe qe e ka mbushur kupen : shtyp popullin e vet, vjedh zgjedhjet, ka korrupsion e varferi ne vendin me te pasur me nafte, ar e minerale ne planet dhe i ben karshillek USA nepermjet lidhjeve me Kinen e Rusine. Politika e saj vertet cenon sigurine kombetare te Amerikes. I ka ardhe radha, vendet demokratike e mbeshtesin aksionin dhe me kete rast USA u mbyll rubinetin e naftes, parave e tregetise dhe Rusise dhe Kines.