Will Beijing look to US capture of Venezuela’s Maduro for lessons on Taiwan?
Analysts say US operation should serve as warning to separatist forces in Taiwan following PLA drills targeting the island’s leadership
The operation – carried out on Saturday by the US Army’s elite Delta Force, the military’s top special missions unit – was described by Chinese analysts as a “textbook” strike with high precision and minimal casualties.
“The planning and execution were highly refined,” said Fu Qianshao, a Chinese aviation analyst.
The mission also involved cyber operations that disabled power across large parts of Caracas. This followed months of intense rehearsals, intelligence gathering, and military build-up in the region, including the positioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and several other warships in the Caribbean.