"In the interview, Trump bragged that the device "made [Venezuelan] equipment not work" during the brutal offensive that killed about 100 people and led to the unlawful kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. "They never got their rockets off. They had Russian and Chinese rockets, and they never got one off. We came in, they pressed buttons and nothing worked. They were all set for us.""
"In a familiarly bizarre interview with the New York Post, president Donald Trump revealed that US troops had used what he colorfully termed a secret "discombobulator" during the air attack on Caracas, Venezuela earlier this month. "The discombobulator. I'm not allowed to talk about it," Trump told the Post. "I would love to," he said, before claiming that, whatever it is, the device was used in Venezuela. As for what exactly it is, the president was pretty vague."
"As a senior US official , Trump seems to be conflating a few different systems into one weapon. For example, the US did sabotage Venezuela's electrical infrastructure and air defense radar systems in a powerful cyberattack, per the New York Times. The White House has also claimed that Venezuelan troops suffered from a "very intense sound wave" during the attack, a likely reference to the Active Denial System, an anti-personnel weapon designed to heat human flesh on contact."
US forces reportedly used a secret device called a "discombobulator" during an air attack on Caracas that disabled Venezuelan equipment and prevented rockets from launching. The offensive killed about 100 people and resulted in the unlawful kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro. US operations included cyberattacks that sabotaged electrical infrastructure and air defense radars. Officials reported Venezuelan troops experienced a "very intense sound wave," likely referring to the Active Denial System. Civilian facilities such as the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), located 11 miles from the nearest military installation, suffered extensive damage to multiple research buildings.
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