On September 17, local time, Venezuelan Defense Minister Lopez announced a three-day "Sovereign Caribbean 200" military exercise on the country's island of Olchira, aimed at responding to the U.S. "threat".
The exercise will mobilize more than 2,500 military personnel. The military exercise covers the coordinated operations of the navy, land and air force, and dispatches 12 naval ships of all levels, 22 military aircraft and more than 20 auxiliary ships.
Lopez introduced that this comprehensive military exercise will integrate aerospace task forces, special forces, electronic warfare intelligence units and ground forces to form a joint mission cluster. The military exercise will deploy air defense systems, armed drones, surveillance submarines and aviation units to achieve "regional monitoring and offensive capability display". The exercise will also focus on testing the position deployment of air defense systems and anti-aircraft gun systems.
It is that the Special Mission Forces of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela will carry out intelligence gathering, land and air infiltration and underwater space reconnaissance missions, demonstrating its terrain adaptability and task execution capabilities in a comprehensive way. e-warfare intelligence department will complete the collection, analysis and sharing of military intelligence, and implement e-warfare operations; the marine mission cluster plans to carry out large-scale deployments such as shore shooting, landing and shore defense artillery practices.