President Donald Trump stated this Wednesday (21), during a speech at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, that the United States has secret weapons “never seen before” and that technologies of this nature were used during the military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
In his speech, Trump stated that, in the mission that led to Maduro’s arrest on the 3rd, American forces used a system described by the president as capable of incapacitating opposing troops so effectively that “no anti-aircraft defense system in the world was able to intercept it”.
According to Trump, Venezuelan soldiers were surprised by this technology: “They saw weapons that no one had ever heard of. They were not able to fire a single shot at us,” said the American president, referring to the effect produced by the weapon on the forces defending Maduro.
Trump had already said in an interview with the program Katie Pavlich Tonightfrom the broadcaster NewsNationthis week that the US used a “secret sonic weapon” in the operation that captured Maduro.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt previously mentioned a report cited by the American press about a device activated during the operation, which allegedly caused nosebleeds, vomiting and inability to react among Venezuelan soldiers. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the Chavista soldier reportedly said, according to the published report.
Trump’s statement has already provoked a reaction from Moscow. According to Reuters, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that it was seeking further clarification on what the American president meant when he mentioned a “secret sonic weapon”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has special services responsible for collecting and analyzing this type of information and that these structures “are doing their job”.
