According to General Giorgio Battisti, the night operation falls within the canons of a selective and high-precision action, designed to hit the top of power while minimizing the impact on the civilian population.
We asked the Army Corps General (rit) Giorgio Battisti to explain to us how the US has operated in Venezuela in the past few hours. «Last night’s operation was conducted according to the classic canons of a “selective” action, also to avoid causing victims among the civilian population, which involved in sequence: air attacks (including attack helicopters) on communication centers and military bases to neutralize the Venezuelan command and control system. Furthermore, the destruction of the air fleet on the ground Caracaswith bombing of airports and air defense systems; bombing of further critical and/or ideologically valuable targets to disorient the adversary’s reaction capabilities (oil refineries, boats, etc.), including the Cuartel de la Montañabarracks which houses the mausoleum of Hugo Chavezsymbol of Chavismo; entry by helicopter (probably CH 47 del 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment) of structures of Special Forces (Delta Force) for the capture and exfiltration of the Venezuelan president.”
Do you see similarities with other operations in the past?
«The operation, similar to the methods of the Israeli attack on theIran in June 2025 (known as the Twelve Day War), obviously made use of detailed intelligence information and probably “operators” on the ground to confirm/integrate “last minute” situations. The operation, which was to be launched – according to some press outlets – on December 25 and then postponed due to air strikes in Nigeria and adverse weather conditionsprobably caught the Venezuelan leadership by surprise who was instead expecting a classic amphibious landing (D Day model in Normandy), given the massive deployment of forces USA in the Caribbeanthe. The US Southern Command he had declared, in fact, that in December they were present in the region approximately 15,000 American soldiers. A force that could subsequently intervene in Venezuela to maintain public order, in the role of “Law Enforcement“. The nature of today’s intervention prevented the US from engaging in a complex land operation that would have caused (high) human losses in urban combat to take control of the country’s strategic areas. Analysts say that Maduro’s capture is a signal for hostile regimes on the American continent (Cuba And Nicaragua), according to Monroe doctrine (1823), but also towards the Iranian regime (more difficult to implement due to geographical difficulties)”.
