Venezuela: About that 'advanced weaponry' i mentioned yesterday

Yesterday in my Clarity on the Venezuela op and Iran's future article, i wrote about the highly advanced weaponry in the possession of the U.S.:

There is a wild card however, and that is the fact that the U.S. has weapons that are an order of magnitude more advanced and more powerful than any of the antiquated conventional stuff in its arsenal and, very likely, in Iran's arsenal. It is interesting that someone (i forget who) asked the other day whether we might see such weapons being deployed in 2026 and my answer is that i have no idea, but i tend to doubt it.

It looks like i may have been wrong about such weaponry being unlikely to be deployed, though i'm not sure the weapon alleged to have been used in Venezuela on 3-Jan-2026 is the kind of super advanced stuff i had in mind. Nevertheless, the following news pieces are interesting, however there could be some question regarding the accuracy of the interviewees who comment on such weaponry. Is it possible that the U.S. is sending a hollow message to the Latin American countries and other nation states in order to generate an air of technical superiority, or are these reports accurate?

Mike Netter on X: An account from a Venezuelan security guard

This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling-and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.

Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.

Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?

Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.

Interviewer: And then the battle began?

Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.

Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?

Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something-I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?

Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.

Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?

Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region.

Venezuelan Guard: We Were Wiped Out with Secret Deadly Weapon - Video #272

This stunning firsthand account from a Venezuelan guard alleges the US military attack on January 3rd 2026 to kidnap Maduro involved the use of sonic weapons that totally incapacitated the Venezuelan military, allowing around 20 US soldiers to kill hundreds of Venezuelan soldiers without suffering a single casualty.

'There was no regime change' -Venezuela's ex-FM Jorge Arreaza on US kidnapping raid

In an exclusive interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal, Venezuela's former Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza discusses the January 3 US military raid on Caracas that resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and the killing of as many as 100 people.

Arreaza argues the operation violated international law, the US Constitution, and head-of-state immunity, calling it "barbaric." He insists Maduro and Flores were in a secure location and were defended by guards who "gave their lives," but that US technological superiority made resistance ineffective.