US EditionTrump Claims Secret 'Discombobulator' Weapon Disabled Defenses in Venezuela Raid
Trump said U.S. forces used a classified weapon called 'the Discombobulator' to disable Venezuelan air defenses and prevent missile launches during the Maduro capture operation.
- President Donald Trump said in a Saturday interview that U.S. forces used a classified system called the `Discombobulator` during the Jan. 3 Caracas raid that captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores.
- The operation aimed to disable Venezuelan air defenses so rockets could not launch, following months of escalating tensions linked to alleged drug trafficking, with elite Delta Force extracting Maduro earlier this month.
- An unnamed Venezuelan security official described how all radar systems shut down without explanation and people began bleeding from the nose after an intense sound wave caused disorientation.
- Maduro is now in federal custody in Brooklyn awaiting trial on narcoterrorism-related charges, while Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president shortly after, and President Donald Trump said the U.S. would temporarily `run` the country.
- Republicans in Congress narrowly blocked a War Powers Resolution to stop the raid, details remain scarce with Trump calling the technology a `secret sonic weapon` amid media queries, and the Pentagon was asked for comment Saturday.
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Trump claims secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon was used to help capture Maduro
President Donald Trump said the US used a weapon he referred to as a “discombobulator” to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this month, but a senior US official said he’s likely conflating tools used by the US military.
Trump claims that the US has a secret sonic weapon, which was also used in the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He claims that no one else has this weapon, it is said to be a kind of jammer or disorientator that is supposed to disable the operation of enemy equipment.
According to US President Trump, the rapid arrest of former head of state Maduro is said to have been made possible by a secret weapon. However, US media see the cause in maintenance problems and lack of know-how.
In an interview with The New York Post on Saturday, US President Donald Trump confirmed earlier information that a new secret weapon was key to the operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in early January. Trump called it a “discombobulator.” Earlier reports said it was an acoustic weapon purchased by the Joe Biden administration.
Trump speaks of a superweapon: "Discombobulator" is said to have paralyzed Maduro's defense. Reports also provide other reasons for failure.
US President Donald Trump has said in an interview published on Saturday that the Pentagon used a new type of weapon in the operation that served to capture and depose then Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that, according to him, it disabled Venezuela's military equipment.Trump used the term "discombulator" to refer to this weapon in the interview given Friday to The New York Post."The descombobulator; I am not allowed to talk about this,…
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