{"id":11213,"date":"2026-01-22T06:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=11213"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:46:00","slug":"781-us-raid-on-venezuela-myths-vis-a-vis-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2026\/01\/22\/781-us-raid-on-venezuela-myths-vis-a-vis-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"781: US Raid on Venezuela: Myths vis-a vis Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">On January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces launched a coordinated operation called Operation Absolute Resolve to capture Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Maduro was taken to the U.S. to face charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; color: #800000;\">The following video is doing the rounds on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-11213-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VID-20260117-WA0110.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VID-20260117-WA0110.mp4\">https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VID-20260117-WA0110.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong><u>Comments<\/u><\/strong><u>:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Reportedly, in this operation, traditional kinetic force was used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">The operation involved airstrikes and bombardments to suppress Venezuelan military sites and air defences around Caracas. Multiple military platforms (aircraft, helicopters) were used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Cyber operations contributed to the environment. A reported cyberattack caused a city-wide blackout in Caracas ahead of the raid, according to U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">There were casualties and resistance. Venezuelan and allied (including Cuban) personnel were killed or injured resisting the operation, and there was expected and real military resistance at some sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">There is no evidence of exotic non-kinetic incapacitation weapons (incapacitation without visible wounds, by some directed-energy or neurological weapon). There is no credible public reporting or official confirmation supporting this. All documented effects \u2014 fatalities, injuries, resistance suppression \u2014 align with standard kinetic military operations (airstrikes, bombardment, special forces engagement).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">There is no authoritative claim of a new invisible weapon<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">While non-kinetic capabilities (cyber, electronic warfare) are real areas of military investment globally, there is no verified evidence released by the Pentagon or independent analysts indicating that a new directed-energy or sensory deprivation weapon was deployed in this operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Speculation about \u201cacoustic neurological disruption\u201d or \u201cinvisible battle space dominance\u201d belongs more to future-tech scenarios than confirmed battlefield reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\"><u>Electronic Warfare (EW)<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (&#8220;Killed radar,&#8221; &#8220;Blocked comms&#8221;) &#8211;\u00a0 Highly Likely. The US military excels at SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) and jamming signals. This is standard modern doctrine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\"><u>Directed Energy Weapons (DEW)<\/u>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (&#8220;Incapacitated without bullets&#8221;) -Experimental. High-energy lasers or microwaves exist, but using them to cause specific neurological failure at scale is currently in the realm of high-level R&amp;D.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #003300;\"><u>Acoustic\/Neurological<\/u>: (&#8220;Bodies stopped responding&#8221;) &#8211; Speculative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\"><em>While pulsed radiofrequency energy is studied, its use as a reliable battlefield &#8220;paralyser&#8221; is not yet publicly documented.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-hveid=\"CBoQCA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi0052d-Z6SAxUOSmwGHUihMTUQ7uAMegQIGhAI\">\n<div class=\"LT6XE\">\n<div class=\"pOOWX\" data-rl=\"en\">\n<div>\n<section>\n<div data-host-wiz-contract-name=\"gws_wizbind\">\n<div class=\"qRuFed\">\n<div class=\"CKgc1d\" data-scope-id=\"turn\">\n<div class=\"FkX2oe\" dir=\"ltr\" data-subtree=\"aimc\" data-aimmrs=\"true\" data-wiz-uids=\"HxKlwb_2\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi0052d-Z6SAxUOSmwGHUihMTUQ2O0OegYIAQgAEAA\" data-hveid=\"CAEIABAA\">\n<div class=\"pWvJNd\">\n<div class=\"mZJni Dn7Fzd\" dir=\"ltr\" data-container-id=\"main-col\" data-xid=\"VpUvz\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwi0052d-Z6SAxUOSmwGHUihMTUQ3KYQegYIAQgAEAE\">\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIABAC\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Frey Effect<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIABAC\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIABAC\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\">The Frey Effect, or microwave auditory effect, is the perception of sounds, clicks, or hisses directly in the head from pulsed or modulated microwave radiation, without external devices, caused by rapid heating and expansion of brain tissue, creating thermoacoustic\u00a0waves that stimulate the cochlea. First described by\u00a0Allan Frey in the 1960s, it occurs when microwaves are absorbed by tissues, creating pressure waves that the brain interprets as sound, leading to speculation about its use in directed-energy weapons or links to unexplained health issues like\u00a0Havana Syndrome.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"HxKlwb_d\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=HxKlwb_c\/TKHnVd\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;\">How it works<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIABAJ\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Energy Absorption<\/span>: Brief, intense microwave pulses are absorbed by the head, particularly the tissues near the inner ear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIABAK\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thermoelastic Expansion<\/span>: This absorption causes rapid, localised heating and tissue expansion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIABAK\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Acoustic Wave Generation<\/span>: The rapid expansion generates a thermoelastic pressure wave (sound).<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIABAK\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Auditory Perception<\/span>: This pressure wave travels to the cochlea and auditory nerve, triggering the sensation of sound (clicks, buzzes, etc.).<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"HxKlwb_37\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=HxKlwb_36\/TKHnVd\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"sdh_D_1xabzYNLmUseMP3u_jgAU_2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"sdh_D_1xabzYNLmUseMP3u_jgAU_3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"sdh_D_1xabzYNLmUseMP3u_jgAU_7\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"sdh_D_1xabzYNLmUseMP3u_jgAU_9\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;\">Key aspects<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sdh_D_1xabzYNLmUseMP3u_jgAU_10\">\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95 Lem6n\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAA\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"N9Q8Lc\">Origin<\/span><\/span><span class=\"N9Q8Lc\">: First studied by neurophysiologist Allan Frey in 1961-1962, though early reports date back to WWII radar operators.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAB\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"N9Q8Lc\">Nature<\/span><\/span><span class=\"N9Q8Lc\">: Sounds are perceived inside the head, not through the ears, and are unique to the exposed individual.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAC\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\"><span 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