Originally Posted by
Imagegear
There is more to this than meets the eye at a time when the US has gathered a number of naval and air assets from Europe, the Pacific and home bases to undertake operations (Note: not exercises)
E3's, Helicopters, Destroyers and amphibious vessels have not been deployed to the Venezuelan Coastal region on this scale before. The Russians have also dealt themselves into a potential confrontation.
IG
Perhaps there is a largish ship fully staffed with mercenaries nearby and Captain Clumsy just picked the wrong one ?
Bay of Pigs and all that ??
David