Nobody else has it: Trump claims secret sonic weapon used during Venezuela raid
Trump's remark comes days after a Venezuelan security guard who was on night duty during the military operation had claimed that the US used a mystery weapon that made soldiers "bleed through the nose" and "vomit blood".
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump claimed that a "supersonic weapon" was used by the US military when it carried out a surprise midnight raid in Venezuela to capture its now-deposed president Nicolas Maduro. Trump, however, refused to divulge details about the device.
Trump's remark comes days after a Venezuelan security guard who was on night duty during the military operation had claimed that the US used a mystery weapon that made soldiers "bleed through the nose" and "vomit blood".
Trump's sonic weapon claim
In an interview on the NewsNation programme Katie Pavlick Tonight, the US President confirmed that the secret weapon was used during the Venezuela raid on January 3, gloating about the strength of the US military and suggesting that no other country possesses similar technology.
When asked if Americans should be concerned about the power of the weapon, Trump replied, "Well, yeah."
"It’s something I don’t wanna… nobody else has it," he said, adding, "But we have weapons nobody else knows about. And I say it’s probably good not to talk about it, but we have some amazing weapons." "That was an amazing attack," Trump added.
Earlier, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reshared a social post that divulged a first-hand account of the US' military raid, quoting the security guard. She captioned, "Stop what you are doing and read this…”.
What security guard had said
The guard had claimed that American forces wiped out hundreds of Venezuelan fighters using technology unlike anything he has ever seen or even heard about. "They (US forces) were shooting with such precision and speed, it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.”
The guard recalled that the US troops launched something like an intense sound wave weapon. "Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside," he added.
He claimed that all Venezuelan soldiers started bleeding from the nose and some also vomited blood. "We fell to the ground, unable to move. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.”