This article by Josh Luberisse provides a detailed operational analysis of “Operation Absolute Resolve,” the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026. The mission involved Delta Force operators inserted by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment into Caracas, successfully extracting Maduro in under three hours with minimal casualties. Luberisse examines the operation through the lens of asymmetric warfare, highlighting the five-month intelligence preparation by CIA ground teams, the comprehensive suppression of Venezuelan air defenses using over 150 aircraft, and the precision coordination that enabled special operations forces to achieve complete surprise despite conducting the raid during a full moon.
The author frames the operation as a masterclass in modern joint military capabilities, demonstrating how the integration of human intelligence, stealth surveillance, electronic warfare, and special operations forces has compressed decision spaces for targets lacking peer-level defensive capabilities.
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