The secret weapon used by the Americans in the operation in Venezuela. “They had Russian and Chinese missiles, but they couldn't launch any”

US President Donald Trump stated, in an interview published on Saturday, that the US Army used a new type of weapon in the operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a weapon that he claimed disabled the military equipment of the Venezuelan army, reports the EFE agency, quoted by Agerpres.

In this interview, given to The New York Post publication, Trump referred to the said weapon using the English term “discombobulator”, without giving details. “I don't have permission to talk about it,” he reasoned his refusal to elaborate on the subject, limiting himself to stating that that device “caused the (Venezuelan military) equipment to become non-functional.”

“They couldn't launch the (anti-aircraft) missiles at all. They had Russian and Chinese missiles, but they couldn't launch any of them. When we arrived, they pushed the buttons and nothing worked. They were fully prepared for our arrival,” the US president said, referring to the Venezuelan military's lack of response.

At a press conference following Maduro's capture, Trump said that “the lights went out in Caracas in large part because of some expertise that we have,” then also without elaborating.

In this spectacular military operation, which initially involved airstrikes that neutralized Venezuelan air defenses, a US special forces commando captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3 and transported them from Caracas to New York, where they were charged with drug trafficking.

Since then, Donald Trump has bluntly stated that the United States will “rule” Venezuela and that American companies will control its oil. The US president did not rule out new military operations against Venezuela and threatened the country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, that she “will pay more like Maduro” if she “doesn't do the right thing.”