"There will be air defence deployments with armed drones, surveillance drones, submarine drones ... We are going to implement electronic warfare actions, he said on Wednesday, citing the threatening, vulgar voice of the US. Public television showed images of amphibious vessels and warships deployed off La Orchila, where Venezuela has a military base. The armed forces said the exercises would involve 12 ships, 22 aircraft and 20 small boats from the special naval militia."
"Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month a move slammed by UN experts as extrajudicial execution. The strikes and a deployment of US warships in the region have raised fears of an invasion in Venezuela, whose president, Nicolas Maduro, has been accused by Washington of being a cartel leader."
Venezuela has initiated a three-day military exercise on La Orchila island named Sovereign Caribbean, ordered by President Nicolas Maduro. The exercise includes air defence deployments with armed, surveillance, and submarine drones, electronic warfare actions, and amphibious forces involving 12 ships, 22 aircraft and 20 small boats from the special naval militia. The manoeuvres follow US strikes that blew up at least two Venezuelan boats and killed a combined 14 people alleged to be transporting drugs, actions criticised by UN experts as extrajudicial executions. US warships have deployed in the area, a Venezuelan fishing vessel was briefly intercepted, and Washington has offered a $50m bounty for Maduro amid drug trafficking accusations.
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