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📝 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 A Sobering take on Venezuela | CIG commentary
⬛️ Hesitant US oil companies are not that eager to jump into Venezuela, fearing it might be reminiscent of Iraq's oil by taking decades to make the financial and drilling returns that they want.
🔶️ Capturing Maduro did not dismantle the cartel networks and it remains undecided as to how much the new leadership will actually tolerate US demands.
🔶️ The US is not confident that regime change in Venezuela is beneficial. A failed state in America's backyard could saturate the Caribbean with stateless security threats.
🔶️ Is it really over so soon? The US has been striking boats for months and will continue to strike targets for an indefinite period of time. It could last years.
🔶️ The Iraq war had a 76% approval rating until 20 days turned into 20 years. Capturing Maduro is a great way to boost ratings with a lightning war, until that storm doesn't let up anytime soon.
🔶️ Most of the drugs are coming in through US ports aboard Chinese vessels. Do we really think that speedboats are going to evade law enforcement and somehow distribute their illicit cargo by offloading on US soil?
🔶️ How long will this spectacle last until it becomes apparent that the situation is not as effortlessly fluid as previously thought? Venezuela may require an OAS coalition of regional militaries to manage.
🔶️ The opposition was snubbed due to low expectations for them. Trump's actions have also been determined by his personal feelings on both Maduro and Machado.
🔶️ Since International law doesn't matter, Trump made this a domestic issue where a belligerent justice system may release Maduro.
⏳️ Lastly, this is far from over. Perhaps what we just saw was the end of the beginning. The US is once again lacking a clear day-after plan, which will require a swift adaptation to unintended second-order effects.
@CIG_telegram
⬛️ Hesitant US oil companies are not that eager to jump into Venezuela, fearing it might be reminiscent of Iraq's oil by taking decades to make the financial and drilling returns that they want.
🔶️ Capturing Maduro did not dismantle the cartel networks and it remains undecided as to how much the new leadership will actually tolerate US demands.
🔶️ The US is not confident that regime change in Venezuela is beneficial. A failed state in America's backyard could saturate the Caribbean with stateless security threats.
🔶️ Is it really over so soon? The US has been striking boats for months and will continue to strike targets for an indefinite period of time. It could last years.
🔶️ The Iraq war had a 76% approval rating until 20 days turned into 20 years. Capturing Maduro is a great way to boost ratings with a lightning war, until that storm doesn't let up anytime soon.
🔶️ Most of the drugs are coming in through US ports aboard Chinese vessels. Do we really think that speedboats are going to evade law enforcement and somehow distribute their illicit cargo by offloading on US soil?
🔶️ How long will this spectacle last until it becomes apparent that the situation is not as effortlessly fluid as previously thought? Venezuela may require an OAS coalition of regional militaries to manage.
🔶️ The opposition was snubbed due to low expectations for them. Trump's actions have also been determined by his personal feelings on both Maduro and Machado.
🔶️ Since International law doesn't matter, Trump made this a domestic issue where a belligerent justice system may release Maduro.
⏳️ Lastly, this is far from over. Perhaps what we just saw was the end of the beginning. The US is once again lacking a clear day-after plan, which will require a swift adaptation to unintended second-order effects.
@CIG_telegram
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The very high technical potential of the AN/ALQ-249(V)1 NGJ-MB and AN/ALQ-249(V)3 NGJ-HB electronic warfare pods installed on EA-18G Growler aircraft is beyond dispute.
The emitting modules, based on multi-element AESA arrays operating in the S/X bands with gallium-nitride microwave transistors that generate high-energy, narrow jamming beams, are powered by HiRAT ram-air turbine generators rated at 130 kW—far more powerful than the non-directional “Khibiny-M” ("Хибины-М") EW pods (which consume only 3.6 kW).
These systems are capable of seriously suppressing the transmit/receive channels of the 9S36 fire-control radars of Buk-M2E self-propelled launchers, and even the multi-channel 9S32M missile-guidance radars of S-300VM “Antey-2500” surface-to-air missile batteries, reducing the stable tracking range of low-observable F-35Bs to less than 50–40 km.
A similar situation applies to the outdated Н001ВЭ airborne radars based on Cassegrain antenna arrays fitted to Su-30MK2V fighters, which are not only incapable of detecting F-35Bs at ranges beyond 35 km, but were also “blinded” by those same NGJ-HB electronic warfare systems. In the absence, within the Venezuelan Air Force, of AWACS aircraft such as the A-50U or the more advanced Chinese KJ-3000, as well as fighters like the Su-57E or J-35A, the fate of the mixed surface-to-air missile brigade of Venezuela’s air defense forces was sealed.
But the key question remains: why did the freely “roaming” Igla-S MANPADS teams, of which, according to Maduro, the Venezuelan Armed Forces possessed more than 5,000 units, did not engage in significant numbers against low-flying CH-54E Super Stallion military transport helicopters, nor against AH-64D Apache Longbow and AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters?
Given the recorded activity of U.S. Army aviation at low and medium altitudes, dozens of aircraft should have been shot down. And besides the Igla-S MANPADS, mobile machine-gun teams, ZU-23-2 crews equipped with thermal sights, as well as crews of the 10 Tor-M1 air-defense systems could also have been employed. Yet not a single launch was recorded, which looks extremely suspicious and strongly suggests a total or partial bribery of the Venezuelan Armed Forces command.
#info
#EW #F18
#Su30 #F35
#USA
The emitting modules, based on multi-element AESA arrays operating in the S/X bands with gallium-nitride microwave transistors that generate high-energy, narrow jamming beams, are powered by HiRAT ram-air turbine generators rated at 130 kW—far more powerful than the non-directional “Khibiny-M” ("Хибины-М") EW pods (which consume only 3.6 kW).
These systems are capable of seriously suppressing the transmit/receive channels of the 9S36 fire-control radars of Buk-M2E self-propelled launchers, and even the multi-channel 9S32M missile-guidance radars of S-300VM “Antey-2500” surface-to-air missile batteries, reducing the stable tracking range of low-observable F-35Bs to less than 50–40 km.
A similar situation applies to the outdated Н001ВЭ airborne radars based on Cassegrain antenna arrays fitted to Su-30MK2V fighters, which are not only incapable of detecting F-35Bs at ranges beyond 35 km, but were also “blinded” by those same NGJ-HB electronic warfare systems. In the absence, within the Venezuelan Air Force, of AWACS aircraft such as the A-50U or the more advanced Chinese KJ-3000, as well as fighters like the Su-57E or J-35A, the fate of the mixed surface-to-air missile brigade of Venezuela’s air defense forces was sealed.
But the key question remains: why did the freely “roaming” Igla-S MANPADS teams, of which, according to Maduro, the Venezuelan Armed Forces possessed more than 5,000 units, did not engage in significant numbers against low-flying CH-54E Super Stallion military transport helicopters, nor against AH-64D Apache Longbow and AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters?
Given the recorded activity of U.S. Army aviation at low and medium altitudes, dozens of aircraft should have been shot down. And besides the Igla-S MANPADS, mobile machine-gun teams, ZU-23-2 crews equipped with thermal sights, as well as crews of the 10 Tor-M1 air-defense systems could also have been employed. Yet not a single launch was recorded, which looks extremely suspicious and strongly suggests a total or partial bribery of the Venezuelan Armed Forces command.
#info
#EW #F18
#Su30 #F35
#USA
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Forwarded from WarFront Witness (U)
⚡️🇻🇪 It should not be disregarded that the Venezuelan army may have revealed its contingency plans for a potential second U.S. attack or a possible coup.
In tonight’s attack, the Venezuelan army appeared far more organized than on Saturday. This time, they carried out an organized defense of Caracas. Columns of motorcycles, trucks, and tanks rushed to secure Miraflores and central Caracas. Soldiers took up positions at key locations, and barricades were set up. These plans were most likely revised following the humiliating abduction of President Maduro.
Tonight however, most of this contingency plan was revealed when it was put into practice during the drone incident. A great deal of intelligence may have been exposed.
@wfwitness
In tonight’s attack, the Venezuelan army appeared far more organized than on Saturday. This time, they carried out an organized defense of Caracas. Columns of motorcycles, trucks, and tanks rushed to secure Miraflores and central Caracas. Soldiers took up positions at key locations, and barricades were set up. These plans were most likely revised following the humiliating abduction of President Maduro.
Tonight however, most of this contingency plan was revealed when it was put into practice during the drone incident. A great deal of intelligence may have been exposed.
@wfwitness
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#info
#Venezuela
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NYC's Central Park is home to a small population of coyotes. Among them is a well-known pair nicknamed Romeo and Juliet.
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Forwarded from James Delingpole Channel
James catches up with his old friend, big pharma industry exec turned poacher Sasha Latypova. On the menu: rabies isn’t real; cows don’t ‘catch’ TB; our governments are deliberately trying to kill us with vaccines, as Sasha is hoping to testify in a landmark court case in the Netherlands. https://sashalatypova.substack.com
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https://open.substack.com/pub/delingpole/p/sasha-latypova-fcf
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https://open.substack.com/pub/delingpole/p/sasha-latypova-fcf
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Forwarded from Roger Stone
Why would Steve Bannon want to join Jeffrey Epstein's legal team? https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-steve-bannon-communications-legal-tactic-video-documentary-footage-2025-12
Business Insider
Steve Bannon discussed using an obscure legal tactic to join Jeffrey Epstein's legal team
The arrangement could explain why Steve Bannon's 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage haven't seen the light of day.
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Forwarded from The Vigilant Fox 🦊
Doctors Will No Longer Receive Financial Rewards for Vaccinating Kids
The incentive nobody wanted to talk about just ended.
https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/doctors-will-no-longer-receive-financial
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The incentive nobody wanted to talk about just ended.
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Doctors Will No Longer Receive Financial Rewards for Vaccinating Kids
The incentive nobody wanted to talk about just ended.
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Forwarded from Gateway Pundit
Developing: Lt. Michael Byrd Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Dead on Jan. 6, 2021 in Cold Blood, Runs an ‘Unaccredited’ Day-Care Center in Maryland at His Home and Has Pocketed $190 Million in HHS Funds
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/developing-lt-michael-byrd-who-shot-ashli-babbitt/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/developing-lt-michael-byrd-who-shot-ashli-babbitt/
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REPORT: Lt. Michael Byrd, Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Dead on Jan. 6 in Cold Blood, Allegedly Operates Unaccredited Home Daycare…
In one of his autopen’s last acts before Joe Biden left office was to pardon Capt.
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Forwarded from Vault of Secrets - Unpopular History (M Himself)
The ancient practice of speaking simply and thinking carefully
"When Philip wrote to them, "If I invade Laconia, I will drive you all out of house and home," they only wrote back, "If." And when king Demetrius was indignant and cried out, "The Lacedæmonians have only sent me one ambassador," the ambassador was not frightened but said, "Yes, one to one man." Certainly among the ancients men of few words were admired. So the Amphictyones did not write extracts from the Iliad or Odyssey, or the Pæans of Pindar, in the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, but "Know thyself," "Not too much of anything," and "Be a surety, trouble is near;" so much did they admire compactness and simplicity of speech, combining brevity with shrewdness of mind. (Plutarch)
"When Philip wrote to them, "If I invade Laconia, I will drive you all out of house and home," they only wrote back, "If." And when king Demetrius was indignant and cried out, "The Lacedæmonians have only sent me one ambassador," the ambassador was not frightened but said, "Yes, one to one man." Certainly among the ancients men of few words were admired. So the Amphictyones did not write extracts from the Iliad or Odyssey, or the Pæans of Pindar, in the temple of Pythian Apollo at Delphi, but "Know thyself," "Not too much of anything," and "Be a surety, trouble is near;" so much did they admire compactness and simplicity of speech, combining brevity with shrewdness of mind. (Plutarch)
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US INDOPACCOM cannot fully handle the combat situation in East Asia, an "East Asia Command" should be established in Seoul
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