US deploys aircraft carrier towards Venezuela (en.mehrnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by mistermodal@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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I think people have amnesia. How are they going to do this to Venezuela when it didn't work on Yemen with its anti-ship missiles? Will they dare to bring this within range?

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[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Venezuela does not have anywhere near the same number and quality of anti ship missiles as Yemen. They have a single digit number of modern jets and SAM batteries. The US will be able to use ships and planes to bomb freely, it's only if they try a full ground invasion that they start taking significant losses.

[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Good to know. Was wondering abt that, I'll have to dig into the specifics. On the other hand, what strategic purpose does pressuring Venezuela even serve? Surely there must be some reason to act this way other than "blue balls", but how could that measure up to the Red Sea, Israel, and the Gulf monarchies?

Who needs to cover a wider area of the sea with their ship missiles in such a confrontation?

Beside the point, but what doomers were saying about Iran holds too: successful regime change would initiate one of the bloodiest protracted guerrilla conflicts of all time. Is Guyana in anywhere near the shape of the UAE backed South Yemen govt to fight?