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MarineCombatEngineer

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8. Even if that were true, and I have my doubts,

Reply to Rafi (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 11:19 AM

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you really think that the CIA, DIA, NSA don't know where the missiles are?
If they're there, you can bet your bottom dollar that they know and those sites are already targeted.
In the event of hostilities, the US wouldn't even need ship borne weapons to take out those sites, it would probably be done with jets using standoff weapons.

Ven. air and sea defenses would be utterly destroyed before any invasion.

Hopefully, this isn't going to happen.

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Looks Like Krasnov Won't Be Invading Venezuela [View all] gab13by13 Tuesday OP

Well it's not like Putin could do anything.... Happy Hoosier Tuesday #1

And what support would that be, besides condemnations at the UN? MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #2

Threatening Trump with whatever he's been blackmailing him with. surfered Tuesday #3

Russia has installed several advanced anti-ship weapons systems in Venezuela. Rafi Tuesday #4

Many of us remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. ProudMNDemocrat Tuesday #5

Our family... 2naSalit Tuesday #7

Source for that? muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #6

Even if that were true, and I have my doubts, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #8

LOL. I didn't say we didn't know where they are. That, by no means, asures we could destroy them before launch. Rafi Tuesday #9

That's true, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #10

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