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Air Strikes in Caracas

Looks like 2026 is off to a great start.

If that video is real then it's crazy that there are no air defences or anti-air efforts underway in that footage.
 

Caracas —

A CNN team witnessed several explosions early Saturday in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.


The first blast was recorded at approximately 1.50am local time (0.50aET).


"One was so strong, my window was shaking after it," CNNE correspondent Osmary Hernandez said.


Several areas of the city were without power and CNN journalists in the Venezuelan capital could hear sound of aircraft after the explosions.


US President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that the US is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela and that strikes on land will start "soon."


In October, Trump said that he authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela to clamp down on illegal flows of migrants and drugs from the South American nation.


CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.


This is a developing story and will be updated.
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The Chinooks have me pondering. They're cargo and personnel helicopters, not at all equipped for bombing. Either they're there to pick up assets or they're there to drop off ground forces (or cargo for ground forces to use).
 
This whole farce war with Venezuela is so cowardly one-sided. And how they're a valid target and not Mexico who we share a border with and where the majority drugs that enter the US comes from is ridiculous. Pulling this shit two days into the new year after yammering about peace and "no more wars" all last year. Ugh.
 
LQX said:
This whole farce war with Venezuela is so cowardly one-sided. And how they're a valid target and not Mexico who we share a border with and where the majority drugs that enter the US comes from is ridiculous. Pulling this shit two days into the new year after yammering about peace and "no more wars" all last year. Ugh.
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Believe it or not, Cuba is next in terms of forced regime change. They are entirely dependent on Venezuela's oil, which has no longer been arriving since the blockade started. The country is on the brink of collapse.
 
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Venezuela's totalitarian government is one of the worst in the world. 28% of its population has been forced to flee the country. There is mass starvation of another 15% or more.

Hopefully civilian casualties are kept to a minimum.
 
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EviLore said:
Venezuela's totalitarian government is one of the worst in the world. 28% of its population has been forced to flee the country. There is mass starvation of another 15% or more.

Hopefully civilian casualties are kept to a minimum.
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Our president has zero good will to spread. Fixing that shit is not what the US was in Venezuela to do and bombing boats and hijacking an oil tanker didn't fix anything.
 
ResilientBanana said:
Our president has zero good will to spread. Fixing that shit is not what the US was in Venezuela to do and bombing boats and hijacking an oil tanker didn't fix anything.
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The administration was throwing bullshit at the wall to rationalize what's happening to the general public, but the decision to invade was made many months ago. An old airfield in Puerto Rico underwent extensive restoration to function as a forward operating base. That combined with a carrier group moved into the area made it clear that war was inevitable. It's importance in air operations is partly illustrated below:



It's akin to how Russia amassed war assets on the border of Ukraine before they invaded. Europeans didn't believe the US at the time, but our military and intel knew what was about to go down.

Regardless of anyone's feelings, we've crossed the Rubicon. The administration has aimed to kill four birds with one stone: deposing Maduro, access to Venezuela's heavy crude reserves, knocking out a major source of emigration in South America, and defeating the Castro regime in Cuba due to the impending economic collapse of Cuba. I have mixed feelings on what is going down, but the true aims are apparent. It was never about drugs.
 
Meicyn said:
The administration was throwing bullshit at the wall to rationalize what's happening to the general public, but the decision to invade was made many months ago. An old airfield in Puerto Rico underwent extensive restoration to function as a forward operating base. That combined with a carrier group moved into the area made it clear that war was inevitable. It's importance in air operations is partly illustrated below:



It's akin to how Russia amassed war assets on the border of Ukraine before they invaded. Europeans didn't believe the US at the time, but our military and intel knew what was about to go down.

Regardless of anyone's feelings, we've crossed the Rubicon. The administration has aimed to kill four birds with one stone: deposing Maduro, access to Venezuela's heavy crude reserves, knocking out a major source of emigration in South America, and defeating the Castro regime in Cuba due to the impending economic collapse of Cuba. I have mixed feelings on what is going down, but the true aims are apparent. It was never about drugs.
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Never about drugs and not about Trump.



We want that shit and don't want China getting it.
 
A Russian style move. All for oil the pedo in chief was promised 1000s of years ago according to himself.

No wars president, winner of the noble FIFA peace price will do anything to distract from the epstein files and his economy thats in shambles.

Dont cry foul when China attacks Taiwan americans. Not that Trump will care anyway.
 
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One half of me is sad to see a war in South America in 2026.

The other is happy to see a communist (or two) dictator being ousted right at my country's border whatever the motive used.

Inserting SOF on a full moon night in a city with more than 3M pop... In a country bragging to have bought thousand of point defense AAs.
It must have been one hell of a opportunity target.
 
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Did I miss a congress vote on going to war with Venezuela?

I wonder why bush even bothered with the vote for the iraq war. shouldve just done whatever the fuck he wanted, not like anyone in america gives a shit anymore.
 
How nice of USA to give venezuelans a nice new years eve firework show.

They're a bit late, but it's always a nice gesture.
 
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Trump has given up on his dream of getting a Nobel peace prize: "To hell with it, let's bomb and invade a foreign country without approval from the Congress. I'm the Commander in Chief, I don't need democratic validation."
 
Fuck the Venezuelan government, but we weren't voting for boots on the ground. Hoping for minimal casualties and a successful decapitation for the Madura shithead regime so that one lady can take over. Ya know. The lady. Who got the Nobel Peace Prize and used it as an opportunity to glaze Trump. She seems nice.

HRK69 said:
I think he was reffering of the bombing of drug boats
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The year is starting well for the Axis of Resistance.

Seeing Chinooks fly low over a massive city was not something I'd expected to see. Boots on the ground are a huge risk as things can spiral out of control Blackhawk Down style very quickly. There are tens of thousands of armed troops, militia, paramilitaries and cops in Caracas to take shots at what is clearly a military invasion and you'll have to medevac out the wounded, send relief to isolated units and respond to situations. A few dozen helicopters can do a lot but not secure a 3+ million people city.

It's possible some kind of deal was made with elements in the Venezuelan armed forces, that the Americans take out the most loyal units and the rest gets ordered to just wait it out.
 
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Not a political person but capturing maduro and his wife in a span of a few hrs is big dick shit. The fallout from all of this is going to be highly interesting.
 
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A few months ago, I was working with a guy from Venezuela. He had immigrated due to Maduro's regime. The poverty, the persecution he caused.
When I asked him about the chance of a popular uprising, he just said it would not happen, because the army protects Maduro and his regime.
Because of that, he was hoping for a US invasion that would force a regime change. I guess he got what he wanted.

Still, the problem is that a guy like Trump never thinks about doing the right thing for people.
This invasion is clearly to take control of Venezuelan oil.
So chances are that the Venezuelan people will continue to suffer, under a new management.
 
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Looks like a surgical strike against the leadership. Possibly with inside support seeing as there's apparently zero resistance. Like it or not, but Trump did what basically the entire western world has been calling for for years. Just not in the way they would have liked.
 
Go_Ly_Dow said:
Excellent efficiency
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Let's see if we end up creating a power vacuum that leads to a more destabilized LATAM and worse conditions for the people that exacerbates mass migration to probably the country that displayed the "excellent efficiency" this morning.

Chances are usually pretty good!
 
President Trump wields US military power like a surgeon with a scalpel. If this report of Maduro's capture is true, and this was carried out with minimal or zero US casualties, then he is one of the greatest to ever do it.
 
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