The Pentagon stated two Venezuelan navy plane flew close to a U.S. Navy vessel on Thursday in worldwide waters in a “extremely provocative transfer.”
In an announcement posted on the social media platform X on Thursday night time, the Protection Division wrote the transfer “was designed to intervene with our counter narco-terror operations.”
CBS Information reported earlier on Thursday that two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighters flew over the USS Jason Dunham in what U.S. officers believed was a present of power.
Gdynia, Poland, sixth, Might 2015 US Navy rocket destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) goes to Gdynia Port for brief go to. Vessel is armed with SM-2 rocket and Tomahawk missiles.
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The transfer got here after President Donald Trump announced earlier this week he had ordered U.S. navy forces to strike a vessel within the Caribbean Sea that he stated was carrying suspected Tren de Aragua drug smugglers, killing 11 folks.
The assertion from the Pentagon on Thursday went on to say: “The cartel operating Venezuela is strongly suggested to not pursue any additional effort to impede, deter or intervene with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the US navy.”
The Navy lately deployed eight ships to the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean.
