The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea. The Navy has eight warships in the region.

After the disastrous 1980 hostage crisis in Iran, the United States recognized the need for an aircraft capable of taking off and landing like a helicopter, but flying as fast as an airplane. The result was the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey,

Venezuela on Thursday said it had detected five US fighter jets flying near its Caribbean coast. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino described the incident as a “provocation” by the United States that posed a threat to national security. “They are ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military flew a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, a little over a week after another group of American bombers made a similar journey as part of a training exercise to simulate an attack.

Dangerous close calls are rising, but the U.S. and China still lack the communication channels needed to stop a crisis from becoming a war.

The laser-guided APKWS II rocket is an established surface-attack weapon for the A-10, which is now likely using a version of it for drone hunting.

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