President Donald Trump is considering plans to target cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes inside Venezuela, though he has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with them, three US officials told CNN.
Outward signs on Friday pointed toward a major potential military escalation, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordering the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US forces there. Trump has also authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela.
so when a venezuelan sub torpedos or drones a us carrier down to the sea floor in response, what then?
According to Wikipedia Venezuela has a single submarine whose operational status is unclear. It also has only a single missile frigate, with the rest of its navy being a few dozen patrol boats and gunboats.
Venezuela isn’t going to be attacking that carrier group. At best it’ll try to shoot down US aircraft and missiles that are actively bombing them.