The operation will mobilize more than 2,500 troops for three days on the island of Orchila, in the Venezuelan Caribbean.
22 aircraft and about twenty boats will participate in the so -called campaign maneuver ‘Caribbean Sovereign 200’
Venezuela Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino announced on Wednesday a military exercise that includes aerial, maritime and land maneuvers, and The mobilization of more than 2,500 troops for three days on the island of Orchila, in the Venezuelan Caribbean, before which he considers “threat” by the US, which maintains a naval deployment in international waters near the region.
Besides, 12 ships of the Bolivarian Navy “in its different classes and types”,22 aircraft and about twenty vessels They will participate in the so -called ‘Caribbean Sovereign 200’ campaign maneuver, ordered by President Nicolás Maduro, said Padrino, in a meeting with military controls broadcast by the Venezuelan state television (VTV).
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The head of Defense requested “Duplicate military efforts” before an eventual armed scenario in the Caribbean Sea.
“In this special situation, We have to double efforts, raise our operational department, for a scenario of armed conflict in the sea. And we are doing it, “he said.
In that sense, he explained that The 2008 Caribbean Plan is “a fairly complete exercise” that involves special forces groups, of intelligence and aerospace, among others, as well as the use of submarine, aerial and surveillance drones.
He also said that there will be a “Important deployment of Navy ships”air defense maneuvers from vessels and a maritime and land patrol with the participation of fishermen.
In that sense, he stressed that The joint work between Venezuelan civil and military authorities and the people “have been strengthened in recent days In response to the US military threat.
During the next three days, the FANB is also going to “Collect, analyze and share military intelligence” and “implement electronic war actions”such as “blocking and neutralization of communications,” said Padrino.
The Orchila, said the official, is an island of approximately 43 square kilometers. 97 miles from the coastal region of La Guaira (north), near Caracas, and where “there have already been preparations” for the development of this new operation.
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Last Sunday, Padrino announced training days “every Saturday”, in which They will train militias and military before the intentions that, Caracas insists, has the US to promote a “regime change” in Venezuela.
USA has increased its military presence in the South Caribbean in response to “drug trafficking from Venezuela”, According to Washington, with the deployment of at least eight warships in the region and a nuclear rapid attack submarine, as well as more than 4,500 soldiers.
Maduro has warned that Venezuela is in a “uninitated struggle” phasebut, it emphasizes, if “it was attacked by the American empire” would “immediately” pass “the” armed struggle “to face” the Yankee (American) invading group. “
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