How the US wiped out Venezuela’s air defenses so quickly (and why the real war could start)
The “Russian shield” over Caracas, Venezuela’s vaunted air defense, was supposed to be an iron dome, one that would embarrass the United States and sink its ships. But at 04:00 EST on January 3, 2026, the US Navy turned it into scrap metal. For a decade, defense blogs and the twittersphere have been posting about … Read more