US EditionHegseth announces Operation Southern Spear in "America's neighborhood" to quash "narco-terrorists"
- On Thursday night, Nov. 13, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear, led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and U.S. Southern Command to remove narco-terrorists.
- An escalating series of maritime actions and arrivals preceded the launch, including at least 20 strikes linked to over 80 deaths and the USS Gerald R. Ford, aircraft carrier, SOUTHCOM arrival on Tuesday.
- Fourth Fleet officials described the role of robotic systems in Southern Spear, including long-dwell robotic surface vessels, small robotic interceptor boats, and vertical take-off robotic aircraft, to support the Hybrid Fleet Campaign and inform Project 33.
- Regional governments issued strong rebukes to the U.S. deployments as Venezuela mobilised 200,000 troops earlier this week, while last week the U.S. Senate failed to halt strikes without Congressional approval.
- Senior military officials presented President Donald Trump with updated military options including potential land strikes on Venezuelan targets, and operations are expected to begin later this month.
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Days after deploying America’s newest and largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean to target what the Trump administration alleges are drug-trafficking boats from Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled a large-scale military and surveillance operation in the region that will commence later this month. “Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs…
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