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U.S. Navy's Largest Caribbean Deployment Since 1962 Aims at Venezuela

11/25/2025

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The U.S. Navy has positioned warships 50–100 miles off Venezuela, signaling a focus on pressuring Venezuela rather than disrupting drug trafficking.
This deployment is the largest Caribbean deployment since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Despite statements by U.S. President Donald Trump that the operations target drugs, satellite imagery shows 100 positions of at least eight vessels over the past two and a half months, with radars and long-range missiles.

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Story summary

The U.S. Navy has positioned warships 50–100 miles off Venezuela, signaling a focus on pressuring Venezuela rather than disrupting drug trafficking.
This deployment is the largest Caribbean deployment since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Despite statements by U.S. President Donald Trump that the operations target drugs, satellite imagery shows 100 positions of at least eight vessels over the past two and a half months, with radars and long-range missiles.