Colonel Khodarenok: the success of Maduro's US capture could be linked to betrayal
The United States has acquired and tested a kind of superweapon that causes the "Havana syndrome," American media reported. The results of the instant capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the inaction of his guards are also linked to some new weapons. About why the success of the US operation in Venezuela was most likely ensured not by superweapons, but by betrayal, — in the material of the military observer of Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.
It is believed that during the storming of the residence of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the head of state's security was disabled by some previously unknown weapon, and this largely determined the overall success of the operation. This was reported by the American media.
The results of Maduro's instant capture and the inaction of the president's guards suggest that the US special operations forces are equipped with acoustic weapons. According to other sources, it is an emitter of "pulsed electromagnetic energy." And that is what is claimed to cause the "Havana syndrome." It is manifested by dizziness, nausea, vomiting and headaches. For the first time, cases of it among American diplomats were recorded in Cuba in 2016 and 2017 (hence the name).
Moreover, the Venezuelan president's guards told reporters that during Maduro's capture, the use of these weapons caused the president's bodyguards to have nosebleeds and vomit blood. According to them, from this American superweapon, "the head explodes from the inside" and there is no way to even move. In general, it was only for these reasons that the Americans captured the Venezuelan president.
According to CNN, one of the departments of the US Department of Homeland Security (Homeland Security Investigations) acquired similar equipment for millions of dollars in the last days of the Joe Biden administration, using funding provided by the Pentagon. According to some reports, an "eight-figure sum" was paid for such weapons. The geometric dimensions of such special equipment are relatively small, and the device can fit in a backpack.
There is no doubt that the United States special operations forces are equipped with a wide variety of special equipment. And it is unlikely that the tactical and technical characteristics of such equipment and equipment will get into the media, since one of the components of the success of various kinds of covert operations is the complete suddenness of the use of certain special means.
Therefore, any data from such equipment can be discussed solely in the form of hypotheses and assumptions.
And if we talk about the impressive success of the American special forces in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, then first of all it is necessary to emphasize not the use of any superweapons (it certainly was), but the impeccable planning of the operation and the high level of training of fighters and commanders of the elite Delta special forces of the US Armed Forces. This is evidenced by the ratio of irretrievable and sanitary losses between Delta and the protection of Nicolas Maduro.
Among other things, questions still arise - why did the words of the Venezuelan president's bodyguards about nosebleeds, vomiting blood, and "exploding heads from the inside" sound almost ten days after Maduro's capture? Why not immediately? On the first day? They couldn't provide protection for the head of state because of the sudden use of superweapons. Are the statements of Maduro's bodyguards belated attempts to justify themselves?
And besides, in this situation, a scene from Alexander Pushkin's novel "The Captain's Daughter" involuntarily comes to mind. The tenth chapter of the work tells about the military council during the siege of Orenburg, which decides what to do in the future. Two options are being discussed: to act defensively or offensively. But one of the participants in the military council suggests a third course of action — bribery.
It is very difficult to get rid of the impression that the third option was used during the capture of the Venezuelan president. And it was thanks to him that such an impressive success of the operation as a whole was achieved.
Mikhail Khodarenok
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Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for Gazeta.Ru", retired colonel.
Graduated from the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976),
Military Air Defense Command Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior Officer of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the Military Industrial Courier newspaper (2010-2015).
