Donald Trump launches a notice to Nicolás Maduro. The president of the United States has ordered the mobilization of three destructive ships and 4,000 soldiers in Caribbean near Venezuela. The pretext is to stop the “drug flow to your country” And, for this, the American administration is also willing to send more airplanes, ships and launches.
“The regime of (Nicolás) Maduro is not the legitimate government of Venezuela. It is a drug poster, according to the opinion of this administration. Maduro is not a legitimate president. He is a fugitive leader of this poster, accused in the US of drug trafficking to the country,” said the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt yesterday.
It should be remembered that, just a few days ago, The United States government folded up to 50 million dollars the reward for offering information that allows the arrest of Venezuela.
Ships already mobilized would be the USS Serly, the USS Jason Dunham and the USS Sampson, which have a strong defensive capacity, both in underground and aerial defense, and also with an attack capacity against surface objectives.
He USS Gravely It is equipped with the advanced AEGIS combat system, which allows you to detect, track and neutralize multiple air, surface and underwater threats. Its weapons includes Tomahawk land attack missiles, standard anti -aircraft missiles and anti -submarine missiles, in addition to nearby cannons and defense systems.
El USS Jason Dunham It is a destroyer of the Arleight Burke class. He is named after Cabo Jason Dunham, from the Marines Corps of the United States, who posthumously received the medal for his service in the Iraq war. It has capacity for 329 Marines and has vertical launch systems of five -inch missiles and cannons. It also has the capacity to shoot missiles ESSM and Torpedos MK46.
Finally, the USS Sampson, It is the largest of the three ships, with space for 380 people and advanced combat systems. Its arsenal focuses on a vertical launch system of 96 cells and includes cruise missiles Tomahawk for long-range attacks, standard missiles for air defense and antimiles, and Asroc (Anti-Submarine Rocket) missiles for anti-submarine war. MH-60R Seahawk helicopters that are also equipped with torpedoes and advanced sensors that expand the anti-submarine capabilities of the ship.
The three ships also have the AEGIS combat system, with advanced multifunction radars that detect any possible threat.
Maduro’s answer
Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuela government said Tuesday that the “threats” of the United States with the deployment of these ships reveal their “lack of credibility” and put at risk the “peace and stability” of the entire region.
At the moment, Maduro has ordered the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen, Component of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), throughout the territory, as part of a “peace plan”, so it called on militias to be “prepared, activated and armed.”
